Biological role of Piper nigrum L. (Black pepper): A review

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Ahmad, Nisar ^a   Fazal, Hina ^b   Abbasi, Bilal Haider ^a   Farooq, Shahid ^b   Ali, Mohammad ^a   Khan, Mubarak Ali ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Black pepper; Peppercorn; Piper nigrum; Piperine

Indexed keywords

BAMIPINE; BIOPERINE; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; COSMOPERINE; NEROLIDOL; PIPENE; PIPERAMIDE; PIPERICIDE; PIPERINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SARMENTINE; SARMENTOSINE; TRICHOSTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIASTHMATIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPLATELET ACTIVITY; ANTITHYROID ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLACK PEPPER; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PIPER NIGRUM;

EID: 84875399943     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60524-3     Document Type: Article

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