Black Pepper

Black pepper, phytoconstituents and it's marketed preparations

1. Presented By:
Ms. Mohini Tawade,
Final Year B. Pharmacy,
Yashwantrao Bhonsle College of
Pharmacy, Sawantwadi.
Black Pepper

2. Synonymous:
Pepper, piper nigurm, Maricha
Biological source:
Pepper is the dried unripe fruit of perennial climbing
vine Piper nigrum Linn, family Piperaceae. It contains not
less than 2.5 per cent of piperine on dried basis.

3. Chemical constituents:
•Alkaloid piperine (5-9%)
•volatile oil (1-2.5%),
•pungent resin (6.0%),
•piperidine and starch (about 30%).
•The volatile oil which is yellowish in colour contains
mainly l-phellandrene and caryophyllene
Piperine

4. Uses:
The fruits are used as aromatic, stimulant, stomachic and
carminative.
It causes feeling of warmth and used as condiment.
It also stimulates taste-buds, with increase in gastric juice.
The oil is mainly used as spice due to pungent taste.
It is reported to enhance the bio-availability of certain drugs

5. Marketed Preparation:
Curcumi Care
Composition :
Curcumin with BlackPepper extract
Dose: 450mg per veg capsule
Treatment :Antioxidant support
Anti-inflammatory support
Form :Capsule Shelf life :12 months
Packaging size :60 capsules
Manufactured by :Jishan Herbal, Rajkot

6. Resveratrol
-Composition :Resveratrol(from 400mg
Polygonum Caspidatum
root extract standardized to
50% resveratrol) 200mg
Piperine (from Black Pepper,
Piper museum, fruit extract
standardized to 95%
Pipeline) 20mg
-Dose: 200mg
-Label : Dietary Supplement
-Form : Capsule
-Packaging size : 60 capsules
-Manufactured by : Metabolic Maintenance

7. Piperine Black Pepper Extract
Capsule (Dietary Supplement)
Manufactured by : Biotech
Black Pepper Oil (15ml)
(for Aromatherapy)
Manufactured by : Naturalis

8. Reference:
•C. K. Kokate, A. P. Purohit, S. B. Gokhale “Pharmacognosy”, 55
th
edition,
Nirali Prakashan, Pg. No: 14.21-14.24
•http://www.slideshare.net/ssusera9ba27/spice-as-medicine-black-
pepper-piper-nigrum?from_m_app=android
•https://m.indiamart.com/proddetail/turmeric-curcumin-black-pepper-
capsules-16210685262.html
•https://www.metabolicmaintenance.com/Antioxidants/Resveratrol-with-
Piperine/

9. Thank You