Part1. What is black pepper extract powder？
Black pepper extract is the dried near-ripe or mature fruit extract of Piper nigrum L., a plant of the family Piperaceae, containing piperine (C17H19NO3), jiaweijian (C17H19NO3), piperidine [(CH2)5NH] and piperonine (C19H21O3N )Wait. Black pepper, a perennial climbing vine. Native to the Malabar Coast of India. Its fruity and pungent taste is one of the earliest spices used by people and is now the most widely used spice. It is also used medicinally as a carminative and to stimulate gastric secretion.
Part2. Product efficacy
1. Piperine is a broad-spectrum anticonvulsant, which has a good antagonism effect on experimental electric convulsions in mice. Convulsive seizures and audiogenic seizures caused by acid, etc., have different degrees of resistance. It is also effective for certain types of epilepsy. It is the main anticonvulsant ingredient in the Chinese prescription for epilepsy (white pepper and radish). Piperine is also used as an additive in brandy, giving it a spicy flavor. Piperine is more toxic to flies than pyrethrum.
2. Black pepper has a strong and pungent taste, and a little black pepper can achieve a good therapeutic effect. Especially for an instant boost of energy and energy. In addition, it has been clinically found in aromatherapy that the spicy smell of black pepper essential oil can not only melt women's frigidity, but also be effective in middle-aged men's lack of interest.
3. Black pepper is a medicine in herbal, Siddha and Unani medicine in India. The 5th-century Syrian Book of Medicines states that pepper (probably actually Piperia) treats constipation, diarrhea, earaches, gangrene, heart disease, colic, hoarseness, indigestion, insect bites , insomnia, joint pain, liver disease, lung disease, oral abscess, sunburn, dental caries and toothache. In traditional Chinese medicine, black pepper can treat cold phlegm, food accumulation, cold pain in the abdomen, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cold dysentery, and can also be used for detoxification of food poisoning.
4. Black pepper oil can promote blood circulation, eliminate excess waste water in the body, and eliminate excess fat. At the same time, it also tightens skeletal muscles, expands local blood vessels, and improves muscle soreness and muscle stiffness.
Part3. Pharmacological research
Piperine is an alkaloid with the molecular formula C17H19NO3. Piperine exists in the fruits of a variety of plants of the genus Piper, and is one of its pungent components, but the pungent taste of black pepper mainly comes from its isomer gamagrine. In commercial black pepper and white pepper, the content of piperine is 5% to 9%, sometimes as high as 11%. Other components of black pepper are starch (20%-40%), volatile oil (1%-3%), water (8%-12%), etc. Piperine is a colorless monoclinic prism crystal with a melting point of 130-133°C, almost insoluble in water, soluble in acetic acid, benzene, ethanol and chloroform, and slightly soluble in ether. Piperine is tasteless at first, then has a spicy taste, and can form crystallized salt with strong acid. It can promote the absorption of drugs by the human body, enhance the efficacy of drugs, and reduce the dosage of drugs. It has the functions of calming the nerves, detoxifying, relaxing tendons and activating blood circulation, warming the middle and dispelling cold, appetizing and reducing qi, eliminating phlegm, regulating the five internal organs, and strengthening kidney qi. It is an essential raw material and intermediate for various drugs in the pharmaceutical industry.
Part4. Clinical application
Warming the middle and dispelling cold, lowering qi, eliminating phlegm. For stomach cold vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, loss of appetite, epilepsy with excessive phlegm.
1. The main ingredient of black pepper is piperine, which also contains a certain amount of aromatic oil, crude protein, crude fat and soluble nitrogen, which can remove fishy smell, relieve greasy, and help digestion.
2. Smell can increase appetite.
3. Warm and hot in nature, it has a good relieving effect on stomach and abdomen cold pain, borborygmus and diarrhea caused by stomach cold, and can treat wind-cold cold.
4. It has antiseptic and antibacterial effects, and can detoxify fish and shrimp botulism.
5. The spiciness of black pepper is stronger than that of white pepper. It is spicy in the fragrance, removes fishy smell and enhances the taste. It is more used for cooking offal and seafood dishes.
6. Contraindications: People with peptic ulcer, cough and hemoptysis, hemorrhoids, throat inflammation, and eye diseases should take it with caution.
