Chavicine is a possibly pungent compound found in black pepper[1] and other species of the genus Piper. It is one of the four geometric isomers of piperine.

In light, especially ultra-violet light, chavicine is formed from its isomer piperine. Its flavor has been reported as flavorless[2][3] Chavicine will also re-isomerise back to piperine.[4]

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References

  1. ^ Mărutoiu, Constantin; Gogoasa, Ioan; Oprean, Ioan; Mărutoiu, Olivia-Florena; Moise, Maria-Ioana; Tigae, Cristian; Rada, Maria (2006). "Separation and identification of piperine and chavicine in black pepper by TLC and GC-MS". Journal of Planar Chromatography: Modern TLC. 19 (109): 250–252. doi:10.1556/JPC.19.2006.3.16. S2CID 97700546.
  2. ^ De Cleyn, R; Verzele, M (1972). "Constituents of peppers. I Qualitative Analysis of Piperine Isomers" (PDF). Chromatografia. 5: 346–350. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ Tiwari, Anshuly; Mahadik, Kakasaheb R.; Gabhe, Satish Y. (2020). "Piperine: A comprehensive review of methods of isolation, purification, and biological properties". Medicine in Drug Discovery. 7: 100027. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ^ Kozukue, Nobuyuki; Park, Mal-Sun; others, and 5 (2007). "Kinetics of Light-Induced Cis−Trans Isomerization of Four Piperines and Their Levels in Ground Black Peppers as Determined by HPLC and LC/MS". J. Agric. Food Chem. 55 (17): 7131–7139. Retrieved 26 September 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)