Pepper

Stem plant Piperaceae, pepper. Medicinal drug Piperis nigri fructus – pepper fruit. Black pepper: mature, unripe harvested, dried fruits. White pepper: ripe fruit, outer part of the pericarp is rubbed off. Green pepper: fresh, unripe fruit. Ingredients Pungents: acid amides Effects Burning Stimulation of gastric juice secretion Insecticidal (pure substances, e.g. piperine) Areas of application … Pepper