A phytochemical investigation of the roots and stems Keyphrases [7 Piper syluaticum (Roxb)-phytochemical investiof Piper s.ylvaticum (Roxb) resulted in the isolation and identifi-gation of roots and stems, isolation and identification of piperine, cation of piperine, piperlonguminine, N-isobutyldeca-trans-2-piperlonguminine, N-isobutyldeca-trans-2-trans-4-dienamide, and trans-4-dienamide, and 8-sitosterol. In addition, two unidentified 8-sitosterol 0 Piper boehmerifolium (Wall)-phytochemical invescompounds were detected. The stems of P. boehmerifolium (Wall) tigation of stems, isolation and identification of piperine included piperine, but further investigation was not attempted.
Piper sylvaticum and P. boehmerifolium are mem-India (1). In the Ayurvedic system of medicine in bers of the Piperaceae and are distinguished by pe-India, these roots have been used for their laxative, rennial roots and branches creeping on the ground or anthelmintic, and carminative properties and in rooting like ivy on trees. These plants are abundant-bronchitis, diseases of the spleen, and the treatment ly found in the upper and lower parts of Assam in of tumors (2). Although no phytochemical studies on