piperine

[ pip-uh-reen, -er-in ]

/ ˈpɪp əˌrin, -ər ɪn /

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noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline alkaloid, C17H19NO3, obtained from pepper and other piperaceous plants and also prepared synthetically: used as an insecticide.

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Origin of piperine

1810–20; <Latin piperpepper + -ine¹

Words nearby piperine

piperaceous, piperacillin, pipe rack, piperazine, piperidine, piperine, pipe roll, piperonal, piperonyl butoxide, pipe snake, pipes of Pan

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How to use piperine in a sentence

Pepper owes its properties to an alkaloid, piperine, and to a volatile oil.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder
Piperine colours the sulphuric acid blood-red, and is turned dark-brown, almost black by the cerium oxide (Sonnenschein).
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
He has proved that the alkaloid so obtained is identical with that prepared from piperine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887|Various
One-half ounce balsam copaiba, one-quarter ounce liquorice powder, one-half drachm piperine.
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed|C. A. Bogardus

It also contains a mere trace of piperina or piperine, one of the most valuable constituents of black pepper.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for piperine

piperine

/ (ˈpɪpəˌraɪn, -rɪn) /

noun

a crystalline insoluble alkaloid that is the active ingredient of pepper, used as a flavouring and as an insecticide. Formula: C 17 H 19 NO 3

Word Origin for piperine

C19: from Latin piper pepper

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