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PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM

J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL.


Abstract
The fruiting spike of Piper hapnium which resembles that of long pepper and used
as an adulterant, is studied for it’s phytochemical and pharmacognostic characters for the first
time. The spikes yielded 6.716% of a brown aromatic volatile oil consisting of apiole as the
principal component (63.9%) and the rest being sesquiterpenes such as β-bisabolene (6.3), (E)
β-farnesene (2.6), β-caryophyllene oxide (2.6), nerolidol (2.0) and (Z) β-farnesene (1.5) etc.
Piperine, acacetin and phenolics acids also were located in these fruits. Large polygonal starch
grains, rectangular oil cells, uniseriate filaments and sclereids are the important pharmacognostic
characters. The presence of apiole as the major component of oil and the above- mentioned
pharmacognostic characters and absence of piperlongumine distinguish fruiting spike of P. hapnium
from that of P. longum.

Key words: Piper hapnium, P. longum, Volatile oil, Pharmacognosy, Apiole, Acacetin.


 
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J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL. PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM. J Res Educ Indian Med . 2012; 18(3-4): 157-162.


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J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL. PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM. J Res Educ Indian Med . 2012; 18(3-4): 157-162.



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J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL. PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM. J Res Educ Indian Med . (2012), [cited March 10, 2024]; 18(3-4): 157-162.



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J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL (2012) PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM. J Res Educ Indian Med , 18 (3-4), 157-162.



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J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL. 2012. PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM. Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine, 18 (3-4), 157-162.



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J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL. "PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM." Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine 18 (2012), 157-162.



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J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL. "PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM." Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine 18.3-4 (2012), 157-162. Print.



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J. MARIAMMA, M. DENNI, M. DANIEL (2012) PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON Piper hapnium BUCH.-HAM. Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine, 18 (3-4), 157-162.