Talk:Long pepper

Old discussion
Does it's spice come from piperine? --Gbleem 04:41, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, according to McGee. &mdash;Bunchofgrapes (talk) 04:45, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Sanskrit spelling?
Is the Sanskrit word pippali, pipalli, pipali, something else? (If it weren't so cold, I'd take this as an excuse to go to the Indian grocery for lunch.) Not R (talk) 17:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

wrong info about relationship long- and black pepper
I hate to say, but I think long pepper bears no botanical resemblance to black pepper, being the seed-head of a short shrub more akin to the american chilli plant than to the straggling south Indian pepper vine.

Read John Keay's "the Spice Route" page 34.

Since I'm not 101 % shure I thought I'd let you know this way.

Koen Bronsveld —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.79.51.60 (talk) 09:00, 16 March 2007 (UTC).
 * Both black pepper and long pepper come from species of Piper (Piperaceae), so they are very closely related botanically. American chili plants belong to the genus Capsicum in the potato family (Solanaceae). --EncycloPetey 21:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

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Wrong name in Vietnamese
Long pepper is known as tiêu lốt, in relation to lá lốt (lolot, a relative species) not tiêu lóp in Vietnamese. I changed it. Neweco (talk) 23:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

composition
What do the fruits/catkins contain apart from piperine ? - Rod57 (talk) 12:03, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Piperlongumine, for one thing, which I think should be referenced in this article. The compound is being studied for its potential anti-cancer properties. Thelukeeffect (talk) 16:36, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Ambiguity
Other internet sources describe ganthoda or ghantoda (probably both legitimate transcriptions) as valerian root.

Indian shops here (New Zealand) sell ghantoda as a small thin dried rhizome or ground as powder. It has a sourish flavour which is detectable in some Indian dishes. It is certainly NOT a hot spice as "long pepper" appears to be. It is reportedly carminative (good for flatulence).

There appear to be two different spices which Wikipedia has conflated. I can't give references owing to the paucity of material on the internet, but feel sure Wikipedia has missed something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.99.84.201 (talk) 05:58, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Wrongly identified photo
The photo in question is labelled as being P. longum syn. P. retrofractum, P. retrofractum is not synonymous with P. longum for a start, then there's the fact that the plant in the photo bears little resemblance to P. longum as seen in the taxobox illustration, or indeed various searches, it does look a bit like P. retrofractum though, if someone can verify that it is indeed retrofractum then it might be worth using it on the Piper retrofractum page, as that also uses a photo which bears no resemblance to the target species. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.8.220.119 (talk) 01:15, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Just noticed this discrepancy also. Best just delete the photo for now I think. Blessed.meek (talk) 23:15, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Cancer Apoptosis Reply Suggestion
My wife is dying of cancer and I came across news from U. Windsor, Canada, that they have discovered that the crude extract of long peppers causes cancer cell apoptosis (cellular suicide) without damaging healthy cells. A study in the 1960's identified this plant as having cancer-fighting abilities, but they used a pure extract. The research at U.W. indicates that the crude extract is much more effective. This was in 2015, I think. Feel free to check it out http://www.uwindsor.ca The Indonesian version of this page has links to resources, too. ReveurGAM (talk) 03:58, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Anecdote only: I was alerted to this in 2014 or 2015 having been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. I've been eating plenty of long pepper and survived much better than expected so far. Blessed.meek (talk) 23:21, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

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Timiz pepper
is a relative from Africa. Maarten van Thiel