Piper nigrum and piperine: An update

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1121-1130

  Meghwal, Murlidhar ^a   Goswami, T K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

anti carcinogenic; anti oxidant; bioavailability enhancement; drug metabolizing; Piper nigrum; piperine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIMETIDINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; NIMESULIDE; PHENOL; PHENYTOIN; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; PIPERINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; BLACK PEPPER; CHILL; COMMON COLD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; DRUG UPTAKE; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FEVER; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLUENZA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PAIN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIPER LONGUM; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SOLID TUMOR; SORE THROAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; PIPER NIGRUM;

ANTI-CARCINOGENIC; ANTI-OXIDANT; BIOAVAILABILITY ENHANCEMENT; DRUG METABOLIZING; PIPER NIGRUM; PIPERINE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BENZODIOXOLES; BLACK PEPPER; HUMANS; PIPER NIGRUM; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES;

EID: 84880754269     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4972     Document Type: Review

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