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This section is from the "A Practical Treatise On Materia Medica And Therapeutics" book, by Roberts Bartholow. Also available from Amazon: A Practical Treatise On Materia Medica And Therapeutics
Black pepper. The unripe berries of Piper nigrum Linné (Nat. Ord. Piperaceae). (U. S. P.) Poivre noir, Fr.; Schwarzer Pfeffer, Ger.
Pepper contains a resin and an essential oil, and a neutral crystallizable principle (piperin).
Oleo-resin of black pepper. This contains the active constituents of pepper, and is an eligible preparation. Dose,
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Piperin. A proximate principle of feebly alkaloidal power, prepared from pepper, and occurring also in other plants of the natural order Piperaceae. Colorless or pale yellowish, shining, four-sided prisms, permanent in the air, odorless and almost tasteless when first put in the stomach, but on prolonged contact producing a biting sensation. It has a neutral reaction, is almost insoluble in water, but soluble in thirty parts of alcohol at 60° Fahr. Dose, gr. j—gr. x.
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