The Piper genus is the most representative of the Piperaceae reaching around 2000 species
distributed in the pantropical region. In the Neotropics, its species are represented by herbs …

The Peperomia is one of the giant genus among Angiosperms with approximately 1600
species spread in the tropics. Their species are valuable as ornamental and several …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Peperomia serpens (Piperaceae), popularly
known as “carrapatinho”, is an epiphyte herbaceous liana grown wild on different host trees …

This study evaluated the chemical compositions of the leaves and fruits of eight black
pepper cultivars cultivated in Pará State (Amazon, Brazil). Hydrodistillation and gas …

The secondary metabolism in the leaves of P. cernuum produces cinnamic and
dihydrocinnamic acid derivatives and the lignan cubebin. In case of P. crassinervium …

Background Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the ten most common types of
cancer worldwide. Plants of the genusPiper are used in traditional medicine to treat cancer …

Tibraca limbativentris to is an important rice pest and occurs in all rice-growing regions of
Latin America. The control this insect is accomplished with synthetic chemical insecticides …

Fractionation of the MeOH extract from leaves of Piper cernuum Vell.(Piperaceae) afforded
six phenylpropanoid derivatives: 3′, 4′-dimethoxy-dihydrocinnamic acid (1), piplaroxide …

The essential oils of three species of Peperomia from the Amazon, Brazil, were
hydrodistilled and their 96 volatile constituents identified by GC and GC-MS. The main …

The leaf essential oils of twelve species of Piper (Piperaceae) from Monteverde, Costa Rica
(Piper aequale, Piper amalago, Piper biasperatum, Piper bredemeyeri, Piper dotanum …