Piper officinarum

Mrutyunjaga and Venkateswartu [15], from the dichlormethanic root extract of Piper officinarum, isolated three compounds after column chromatographic fractionation. Of the three compounds, piplartine and piperine were alkaloids and sesamin a lignin derivate (Fig. 11.12). 

Chen Z, Wu JB, Zhang J et al (2009) One step purificatirai of piperine directly frran Piper nigrum L. by high performance centrifugal partition chromatography. Sep Sci Technol 44(8) 1884-1893. doi 10.1080/01496390902775877 15. Mrutyunjaya RR, Venkateswarlu Y (2011) Isolation of three compounds liom roots of piper officinarum. Res J Chem Environ 15 705-708... 

Alpinia officinarum, Menyanthes trifoliata, Piper cubeba, Podocarpus macrophyllus, Solidago canadensis, Valeriana altemifolia, V. amurensis, V. fauriei, V. subbipinnatifolia, Zanthoxylum bungeanum Ajuga bracteosa, Azolla imbricata, C. albescens, C. brevicaule, C. littorale, C. maakii, C. segetum,... 

Sharma s group has also synthesized guineensine, which is the alkaloid produced by both Piper guineense and P. officinarum.14 The isolation of trans- and cis-(—)-clovamides and their deoxy-analogues from the bark of Dalbergia... 

Of the several hundred species that comprise the genus Piper, about ten yield food or medicinal drugs useful to humans. They include pepper (P, nigrum L.), the commonly used spice betel (P. betle L.), indigenous to India and Southeast Asia and whose leaves are used with areca nut as masticatories the long peppers (P, officinarum C. DC. and P, longum L.), distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and used as spices and, of course, P, methysticum. 

Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Piperine from Piper nigrum, P. iongum, and P. officinarum... 

Occurs in form of Piperine in black pepper Piper nigrum, P. longum, P. officinarum). Also present in free state in plants, e.g. Psilocaulon absimile, Petrosimonia monandra. Glycine max. Useful base in org. synth. Used for detn. of Co, Ni, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir. Liq. with characteristic odour. Misc. H2O, sol. org. solvs. df 0.862. Mp -9°. Bp 106°, Bp2o 17.7°. n 1.4534. Forms a hydrate, Mp -14°. 

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