Botanical Name: Piper nigrum L.
Pepper is largely used by meat packers and in canning, pickling, baking, considering for its preservative value.It is an important component of culinary seasoning of universal use and is an essential ingredient of numerous commercial foodstuffs.Piperine, the pungent principle in pepperoleoresin helps to enhance bio-availability and therefore used in rmaceuticals.
Benefits: The major functional properties of pepper are analgesic, anti-pyretic, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial.