Piperine

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:01:22

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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