"Piper nigrum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A plant species in the PIPERACEAE plant family. It is a common spice on foods and is used medicinally to increase gastrointestinal assimilation of other supplements and drugs. Piperine is a key component. Black pepper is picked unripe and heaped for a few days to ferment. White Pepper is the ripe fruit dehulled by maceration in water.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.650.940.800.575.100.812.666.500
Concept/Terms
Piper nigrum- Piper nigrum
- Piper nigrums
- nigrum, Piper
- nigrums, Piper
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Piper nigrum".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Piper nigrum".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Piper nigrum" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Piper nigrum" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Piper nigrum" by people in Profiles.
-
Pepper Alkaloids and Processed Meat Intake: Results from a Randomized Trial and the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Cohort. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2021 04; 65(7):e2001141.
-
Piperine suppresses the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway and has anti-cancer effects on colorectal cancer cells. Sci Rep. 2020 07 15; 10(1):11681.
-
Endophytic Phomopsis sp. colonization in Oryza sativa was found to result in plant growth promotion and piperine production. Physiol Plant. 2017 Aug; 160(4):437-446.
-
Increasing Carotenoid Bioaccessibility from Yellow Peppers Using Excipient Emulsions: Impact of Lipid Type and Thermal Processing. J Agric Food Chem. 2015 Sep 30; 63(38):8534-43.
-
Inhibition of intestinal chloride secretion by piperine as a cellular basis for the anti-secretory effect of black peppers. Pharmacol Res. 2015 Oct; 100:271-80.
-
Ethanol extracts of black pepper or turmeric down-regulated SIRT1 protein expression in Daudi culture cells. Mol Med Rep. 2011 Jul-Aug; 4(4):727-30.
-
Olfactory stimuli and enhanced postural stability in older adults. Gait Posture. 2009 Jun; 29(4):658-60.
-
Piperine in food: interference in the pharmacokinetics of phenytoin. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet. 2001 Oct-Dec; 26(4):241-7.