Piperine is an alkaloid from black pepper that shows chemopreventive, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects. It is suggested that piperine exerts its chemopreventive effect by augmenting antioxidant defense system and modulating lipid peroxidation.

Piperine
| Description | |
|---|---|
| 1-[5-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-oxo-2,4-pentadienyl]piperidine | |
| 94-62-2 | |
| C17H19NO3 | |
| Piperin;PIPERINE;FEMA 2909;PIPERLINE;Bioperine;NSC 21727;PIPERINE(P);Piperine,98%;PIPERINE(RG);Piperine,99% | |
| A black pepper extract TRPV1 activator | |