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Piperine

Piperine Meaning & Definition
Piperine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Piperine?

[n] derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper

Synonyms | Synonyms for Piperine: piperin

Related Terms | Find terms related to Piperine:

See Also | black pepper | chemical irritant | common pepper | Madagascar pepper | pepper | Piper nigrum | white pepper

Piperine In Webster's Dictionary

\Pip"er*ine\, n. [L. piper pepper: cf. F. piperin, piperine.] (Chem.) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper ({Piper nigrum}) and other species.

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