INGREDIENTS
Black Pepper Extract
Botanical Name : Piper nigrum
Common Names : Black pepper, common pepper, berries
Family : Piperaceae
Plant Description:
Black pepper is an autoicous and decorous vine cultivated and harvested in tropical regions of Sri Lanka and India. Pepper plants easily grow in the shade on supporting trees, trellises or poles up to maximum height of 13 feets or 4 meters and roots may come out from leaf nodes if vine touch to the ground . Black pepper is used as medicinal agent, a preservative, and in perfumery.
Chemical Constituents:
● Piperine
● Essential oils
Active content:
Piperine : 95%
Therapeutic uses:
● Potential bioavailability enhancer
● Antineoplastic activity
● Antitubercular activity
● Anticancer Activity
References:
Anshuly Tiwari, Kakasaheb R. Mahadik, Satish Y. Gabhe. Piperine: A comprehensive review of methods of isolation, purification, and biological properties. Medicine in Drug Discovery 7 (2020) 100027.