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Black Pepper and Health Claims: A Comprehensive Treatise
- Source :
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 53:875-886
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2013.
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Abstract
- For millennia, spices have been an integral part of human diets and commerce. Recently, the widespread recognition of diet-health linkages bolsters their dietary importance. The bioactive components present in them are of considerable significance owing to their therapeutic potential against various ailments. They provide physiological benefits or prevent chronic ailment in addition to the fundamental nutrition and often included in the category of functional foods. Black pepper (Piper Nigrum L.) is an important healthy food owing to its antioxidant, antimicrobial potential and gastro-protective modules. Black pepper, with piperine as an active ingredient, holds rich phytochemistry that also includes volatile oil, oleoresins, and alkaloids. More recently, cell-culture studies and animal modeling predicted the role of black pepper against number of maladies. The free-radical scavenging activity of black pepper and its active ingredients might be helpful in chemoprevention and controlling progression of tumor growth. Additionally, the key alkaloid components of Piper Nigrum, that is, piperine assist in cognitive brain functioning, boost nutrient's absorption and improve gastrointestinal functionality. In this comprehensive treatise, efforts are made to elucidate the antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, gastro-protective, and antidepressant activities of black pepper. Moreover, the synergistic interaction of black pepper with different drugs and nutrients is the limelight of the manuscript. However, the aforementioned health-promoting benefits associated with black pepper are proven in animal modeling. Thus, there is a need to conduct controlled randomized trials in human subjects, cohort studies, and meta-analyses. Such future studies would be helpful in recommending its application in diet-based regimens to prevent various ailments.
- Subjects :
- Polyunsaturated Alkamides
Phytochemicals
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Piper nigrum L
Antioxidants
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
chemistry.chemical_compound
Alkaloids
Nutraceutical
Anti-Infective Agents
Piperidines
Health claims on food labels
Pepper
Oils, Volatile
Animals
Humans
Medicine
Tumor growth
Benzodioxoles
Spices
Piper
Traditional medicine
biology
Plant Extracts
business.industry
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Antimicrobial
Diet
chemistry
Piperine
Dietary Supplements
Food, Organic
Piper nigrum
business
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15497852 and 10408398
- Volume :
- 53
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4f46e6bf8be4f9939f55c11cc53a3978