Feeding and trapping fish withPiper auritum

Chemistry, cytotoxicity and antileishmanial activity of the essential oil from Piper auritum

“…auritum has been used for a number of different culinary and medicinal purposes. Medicinal applications include uses as a sudorific, diuretic and stimulant in cases of fever, erysipelas, gout and angina, a local aesthetic, as treatment for gonorrhoea and colic, headache and wound poultice and as both a repulsive and a digestion stimulant (Joly 1981). Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal activities have also been reported (Gupta et al 1985, Hernández et al 2003.…”

Piper genus: source of natural products with anti-tyrosinase activity favored in phytocosmetics

“…10,11 They are represented by herbs, shrubs and trees, widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, several species are used by men as condiment, food, ornamentals, perfumes, oils, fish bait, fish poison, insecticides, hallucinogens, and many medicinal uses since ancient times. [13][14][15][16][17][18] Besides, the interaction with disperser animals such as bats or with caterpillars and beetles has indicated Piper as an important model species to investigate tropical ecology. 11 The biogeography of the genus indicates a great diversity in the American continent, where 3 biogeographic provinces (Central America, Mexico and Colombian northwest, the Amazon basin and the Atlantic forest of Brazil) are described.…”

A Review on Medicinal Plant Piper cubeba L. and Its Pharmaceutical Properties

“…The fruit of Piper cubeba wrinkled, rounded (5-7 mm in diameter), light brown to dark brown with 7 mm long stalk, pericarp red to slightly brown, testa fused with pericarp, fruit hard and stony albumen white and oily, occur aromatic in characteristic, test pungent and slightly bitter [11,12]. Piper are used for many purposes such as spices, foods, fish poison, fish bait, insecticides, hallucinogen, oils, perfumes, ornaments and for medicines [13,14]. Piper cubeba use in the Western Medicine which can be traced to the middle ages [15].…”