piperine

A crystalline solid, C₁₇H₁₉NO₃, extracted from black pepper and used as flavoring and as an insecticide.

A concretion of volcanic ashes.

A crystalline alkaloid (C₁₇H₁₉NO₃) extracted from pepper.

A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.

The alkaloid responsible for the pungency of black pepper

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