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Botanical Name |
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Piper longum L. |
English
Name |
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Indian Long Pepper |
Synonym(s) |
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Chavica roxburghii Miquel. |
Family |
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Piperaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Piper longum is a slender aromatic climber with perennial woody roots. The stems are jointed; the leaves, ovate and cordate with broad rounded lobes at the base, entire and glabrous; the spikes, cylindrical, male spikes larger and slender; the fruits, ovoid and yellowish orange. |
| Herb Effects |
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Carminative (fruit), stimulant, diuretic, lowers blood pressure and reduces fever (root), analgesic (root and fruit), antimicrobial (essential oil), hypoglycemic and induces spasms (plant) antitubercular and hematinic. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Piperine, piperlonguminine, piperlongumine, piplartine, sesamin, N-isobutyldeca-trans-2-trans-4-dienamide and an essential oil. |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Piperine |
7780-20-3 |
5-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5
-yl-1-(1-piperidyl)p
enta-2,4-dien-1-one |
C17H19NO3 |
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| Piperlonguminine |
5950-12-9 |
5-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5
-yl-N-(2-methylpropy
l)penta-2,4-dienamid
e |
C16H19NO3 |
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| Piperlongumine |
20069-09-4 |
1-[3-(3,4,5-trimetho
xyphenyl)prop-2-enoy
l]-5,6-dihydropyridi
n-2-one |
C17H19NO5 |
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| Piplartine |
20069-09-4 |
1-[3-(3,4,5-trimetho
xyphenyl)prop-2-enoy
l]-5,6-dihydropyridi
n-2-one |
C17H19NO5 |
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| Sesamin |
Not Available |
5-(2-benzo[1,3]dioxo
l-5-yl-3,7-dioxabicy
clo[3.3.0]oct-6-yl)b
enzo[1,3]d
ioxole |
C20H18O6 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In rheumatism, inflammation, diarrhea, as a carminative and for disorders of the respiratory tract, such as asthma (fruit); as a stimulant and diuretic (root); increasing the secretion of gastric juices and as an analgesic (root and fruit); as a tonic |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants. |
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