Piper species are aromatic plants used as spices in the kitchen, but their secondary
metabolites have also shown biological effects on human health. These plants are rich in …

Several studies have assessed the potential of essential oils as substitutes for synthetic
pesticides, in order to counter insect resistance to commercial pesticides. Piper aduncum L …

The continuous and indiscriminate use of insecticides has been responsible for the
emergence of insecticide resistant vector insect populations, especially in Aedes aegypti …

Background: Essential oils represent a major class of natural products which are known for
their antimicrobial activity. This study aimed to determine the composition of four Piper …

The present study aimed to analyze the chemical composition of five species of the genus
Piper (P. aduncum L.; P. crassinervium Kunth.; P. malacophyllum Prels.; P …

Mountain arnica Arnica montana L. is a source of several metabolite classes with diverse
biological activities. The chemical composition of essential oil and its major volatile …

Background Terpenes are an important and extremely versatile class of secondary
metabolites that are commercially used in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics sectors …

Abstract We employed Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to investigate the monofractal
and multifractal characteristics of the leaf architecture of Amazon Piper krukoffii Yunck plant …

The chemical composition of essential oils (EOs) from ten Peruvian Piper species (Piper
coruscans, Pc; P. tuberculatum, Pt; P. casapiense, Pcs; P. obliquum, Po; P. dumosum, Pd; P …

The essential oils and aroma derived from the leaves (L), stems (St), and spikes (s) of Piper
nigrum L. cv. Guajarina were extracted; the essential oils were extracted using …