Piperine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Piperine \Pip"er*ine\, n. [L. piper pepper: cf. F. piperin,
     piperine.] (Chem.)
     A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid.
     It is obtained from the black pepper ({Piper nigrum}) and
     other species.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  piperine
       n : derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the
           hotness of black and white pepper [syn: {piperin}]