Piperine

Piperine is the alkaloid responsible for the taste and smell of the spice black pepper. It has also been used in some forms of traditional medicine and as an insecticide.

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• capsaicin, the active chemical in chile peppers

Alkaloid: An alkaloid is a nitrogenous organic molecule that has a pharmacological effect on humans and animals. The name derives from the word alkaline; originally, the term was used to describe any nitrogen-containing base (an amine in modern terms). Alkaloids are found as secondary metabolites in plants (e...

Spice: SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis) is a general purpose analog circuit simulator....

Black pepper: :For other types of pepper, see the disambiguation page pepper....