The present study examined the favourable influence of three spice mixes derived from a few commonly consumed spices of known digestive stimulant action on digestive enzymes of pancreas and small intestine, and on bile secretion and composition in experimental rats. The common ingredients of these mixes were coriander, turmeric, red chilli, black pepper and cumin, while the spice mix II additio...

an experiment was done in a completely randomized design in the following manner to investigate the effect of different levels of red pepper powder, and fat in diet of broilers chickens , the groups were assigned into factorials (2×3) with four replications, 12 birds per each. factors tested included three levels of red pepper powder (0 , 1.5 and 3%) and two fat levels (0 and 3%). feed and wate...

The evidence base for the health effects of spice consumption is insufficient, with only one large population-based study and no reports from Europe or North America. Our objective was to analyze the association between consumption of hot red chili peppers and mortality, using a population-based prospective cohort from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) III, a repre...

Spices are essential for adding color, fl avor and variety to our daily meals. In particular, red hot peppers (C. annuum, C. frutescence, C. chinense, C. pubescens and C. baccatum) have greatly contributed to our diet along with black pepper . Red hot pepper is rich in vitamin C, provitamin A, and B vitamins. The pungent principle of red hot pepper, capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) ...

B lack pepper from the Piper nigrum L. vine (Figure 1) is the most commonly used spice worldwide, and its extracts have been used as a folk medicine in a variety of cultures. Piper nigrum is used for the production of both black pepper (from the unripened fruit) and white pepper (from the dehulled mature berry). In ancient Sanskrit literature, black pepper use for medicinal purposes was documen...

Members of the botanical family Piperaceae were among the first cultivated plants1. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) and long pepper (Piper longum) are the best known species in this family and are probably among the most recognized spices in the world. Black pepper alone accounts for about 35% of the world’s total spice trade. In addition, black pepper and long pepper have been used medicinally for...

background and objectives: non-sanitary conditions during the drying, transport and storage stages in the production of spices could introduce mycotoxin contamination. the aim of the current study was to determine the concentration of ochratoxin a (ota) in 92 commercial spices (including red pepper, black pepper, turmeric and cinnamon) imported to iran. materials and methods: ota levels were de...

Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a tropical plant, best known for its fruit, used as spice all around the world. The fruits of black can be processed in various ways, so there are end products such white, black, red, and green pepper. contains many substances terpenes, alkaloids, lignans, phenylpropanoids, etc., which responsible some most important biological activities: antioxidant, antimicr...

the objective of this study was to assess the microbial contamination of razavi khorasan (iran) hot red pepper. the natural occurrence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin a in those samples was also investigated. for this purpose, 36 samples of this kind of pepper were collected from a farm and sun-dried. standard and established methods were used for both microbiological analyses and mycotoxins ident...

In this study, we examined the antimutagenicity of red pepper seed and red pepper pericarp ethanol extracts using the standard Ames test in the presence and absence of S9 mix. The extracts showed inhibitory effects on both the TA98 and TA100 Salmenella Typhimurium strains against the mutagenic activity of promutagen 2-aminoa nthracene, and were also protective against the directly acting mutage...