Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crystalline solid, C17H19NO3, extracted from black pepper and used as flavoring and as an insecticide.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A concretion of volcanic ashes.
- noun A crystalline alkaloid (C17H19NO3) extracted from pepper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (
Piper nigrum ) and other species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
alkaloid responsible for thepungency ofblack pepper
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Pepper Flavor The main pungent compound in pepper is piperine, which is found in the thin fruit layer and the surface layers of the seed.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Pepper Flavor The main pungent compound in pepper is piperine, which is found in the thin fruit layer and the surface layers of the seed.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Unless you're referring to specific chemicals making other chemicals more bioavailable (such as piperine and curcumin or ethanol and resveratrol), I have to disagree.
Food Combos More Nutritious Together Than Separate | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Unless you're referring to specific chemicals making other chemicals more bioavailable such as piperine and curcumin or ethanol and resveratrol, I have to disagree.
Food Combos More Nutritious Together Than Separate | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I suggest using only turmeric and curcumin supplements that contain piperine or black pepper extract.
Dr. Andrew Weil: A Simple New Year's Resolution For Your Health Dr. Andrew Weil 2010
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A recent finding is that absorption is enhanced in the presence of piperine, a constituent of black pepper.
Dr. Andrew Weil: A Simple New Year's Resolution For Your Health Dr. Andrew Weil 2010
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I suggest using only turmeric and curcumin supplements that contain piperine or black pepper extract.
Dr. Andrew Weil: A Simple New Year's Resolution For Your Health Dr. Andrew Weil 2010
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A recent finding is that absorption is enhanced in the presence of piperine, a constituent of black pepper.
Dr. Andrew Weil: A Simple New Year's Resolution For Your Health Dr. Andrew Weil 2010
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Words like mesitylene, alkybenzenes, piperine naphthalene, and pinacol coupling reaction the last not what it sounds like.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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However, what could this piperine being doing generally? could some nasties also be getting thru more easily? pollutants etc.
More on the ‘low-carb’ study at the AHA meeting | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Some research has shown that combining curcumin with piperine – a compound found in black pepper – can enhance its absorption into the blood, although it still remains to be proven whether this can help yield benefit in humans.
Does turmeric’s reputation translate into real health benefits? David Cox 2022
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