Chavicine Explained

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]

See also

• Guineesine

Notes and References

1. 10.1556/JPC.19.2006.3.16. 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. 2006. Mărutoiu. Constantin. Gogoasa. Ioan. Oprean. Ioan. Mărutoiu. Olivia-Florena. Moise. Maria-Ioana. Tigae. Cristian. Rada. Maria. 97700546.
2. De Cleyn . R . Verzele . M . Constituents of peppers. I Qualitative Analysis of Piperine Isomers . Chromatografia . 1972 . 5 . 346 - 350 . 26 September 2023.
3. Tiwari . Anshuly . Mahadik . Kakasaheb R. . Gabhe . Satish Y. . Piperine: A comprehensive review of methods of isolation, purification, and biological properties . Medicine in Drug Discovery . 2020 . 7 . 100027 . 26 September 2023.
4. Kozukue . Nobuyuki . Park . Mal-Sun . others . and 5 . 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. . 2007 . 55 . 17 . 7131–7139 . 26 September 2023.