REVIEW: BIOACTIVE INGREDIENTS OF BLACK PEPPER (PIPPER NIGRUM), AS POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR MONKEY POX ERADICATION
Pepper is used worldwide in various sauces and dishes. It contains a major pungent alkaloid, piperine, and a potent terpenoid, limonene. These two metabolites have proven highly effective in many interesting pharmacological actions. They are widely used in various traditional medicine systems, such as Ayurvedic medicin...