Piperine

Food Sources

Foods that contain Piperine.

• Black Pepper

  Piperine from black pepper is a potent inhibitor of drug metabolism that boosts curcumin absorption (Atal et al. 1985)

  Source: How Not to Die

Biological Mechanisms

How Piperine works at a cellular level.

• PromotesIncreases curcumin absorption by up to 2000%

  Piperine from black pepper increases curcumin bioavailability by 2000% (Shoba et al. 1998)

• PromotesBoosts curcumin absorption

  Co-administration of curcumin with piperine from black pepper decreased metabolism of curcumin by enzyme inhibition and thereby increased the amount available for absorption

Sources

• How Not to Age
• How Not to Die
• Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity