174 



PIPERACEJ^. 



[Analyst, 1886) gives tlie following analysis of pure and com- 

 mercial peppers : — ■ 







© . 



o 









1 





• 



s S 



3 . 





^ 





* 1 





rJ3 



r^ Mi^ 



3 ^ 



o 



rt^ 6 





Lolio 

 ract 





to 

 03 





EC d 



3 





r^ 



o 



!-*« 



r^ 





-^ -ij 



Gd 







^^^ A J 



Wat 



Tota 



^.2 



QQ •'-' 



< 



< 



O 33 



^ 0:2 



1 P-C 



1 



M 

 < 





Black berry ... 



White berry .,, ? 



Fine ground 



white 



Long pepper ,,, 



Adulterated 

 ground . ... 



9*22 

 to 

 14-36 



13-67 



to 

 17-32 



I 



4-35 

 to 



8-93 

 1-28 



to 



8-78 



13-901 1-5B 

 12-15: 13-4S 



11-12 



14-7 



1-54 



to 

 3'3i 



•217 



to 

 •618 



•16 



2-28 



2-02 



1-51 



to 



3-83 

 •84 



to 

 2-80 



•9 

 5-52 



4-07 



•36 



to 

 4-38 

 '22 

 to 

 •69 



•52 



5-68 



8-61 



•72 

 to 

 1-57 



22 



53 



78 



48-53 



to 

 56-67 

 76-27 



to 

 77 • 68 



75-31 



58-78 



35-85 



10-47 

 to 



1-05 

 to 



16-2 i9-88 

 9-235-13 



to 



to 



10-66 4-51 

 8*391'71 



ll-57:2'02 



W, Jolinstone {C hem. News, Nov., 1889) lias shown ttat 

 pepper contains a volatile alkaloid probably identical witlx 

 piperidine. Black pepper yielded 0-56 per cent., and the busks 



alone 074 per cent., of tbis base. White pepper yielded it also, 

 but in smaller quantity, and the larger proportion of piperidiue 

 in the husk, the author considers to be an explanation of the 

 greater pungency of black pepper as compared with white 



pepper was found to yield 0*34 per cent, of the 



pepper 



Long 



alkaloid. {Year-Book Pharm., 1889.) 



Commerce. — The exports of pei)pcr from the Malabar Coast 

 for the past 6 years have been 



Cvvts. 



1884-85 91,5]6 



1S85-86 100,804 



1880-87 106,976 



1887-83 136,605 



3888-89 101,177 



1889-90 141,257 



The Travancore State exports annually about 3,000 candies of 

 popper, each candy containing 500 English lbs., and this 

 brings to the State an annual income of 6 lukhs of rupees. 



