Medicinal plants have been used for years as a source of food, spices, and, in traditional
medicine, as a remedy to numerous diseases. Piper nigrum, belonging to the family …

Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a very widely used spice, known for its pungent constituent
piperine. However, in addition to its culinary uses, pepper has important medicinal and …

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is one of the most widely used among spices. It is valued for its
distinct biting quality attributed to the alkaloid, piperine. Black pepper is used not only in …

Abstract Scope: Resveratrol (3, 5, 4′‐trihydroxystilbene) is a phytoalexin shown to possess
a multitude of health‐promoting properties in pre‐clinical studies. However, the poor in vivo …

Background & objectives: Curcumin, capsaicin and piperine-the bioactive compounds
present in spices-turmeric (Curcuma longa), red pepper (Capsicum annuum) and black …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the
world. CRC is responsible for more than 600,000 deaths annually and incidence rates are …

Recently many studies showed anticancer activities of piperine, a pungent alkaloid found in
black pepper and some other Piper species. We attempted to summarize acquired data that …

Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), although not a new technique, has
enjoyed a recent renaissance with the introduction of robust and reproducible stationary …

This volume is the first book to give a complete description of the techniques, materials, and
instrumentation of column HPLC and its application to essentially all primary and secondary …

Every 5 years or so new technologies, or new combinations of old ones, seemingly burst
onto the science scene and are then sought after until they reach the point of becoming …