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Plant Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROPIPERCIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DL-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMENE 3 Fruit not available 225.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit not available 15000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
EUGENOL 76 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 30940.0 100000.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
FERUPERINE 0 Fruit not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 130056.0 148449.0 0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORIDE 3 Fruit not available 3.6 1.46 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
GABA 22 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 9 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.