Piperine

Supplement

Major pungent alkaloid from black pepper, often added as a bioavailability enhancer. Its inhibition of drug-metabolizing enzymes and transport processes can alter exposure to medicines and supplements.

Pharmacokinetic model

A route-level PK model for piperine is being prepared from published data. Dosing references, studies, and documented interactions are below; the app catalog is updated as models are validated.

Key facts

Category
Supplement
Suggested cadence
once daily

Research behind this entry

  1. Safety Aspects of the Use of Isolated Piperine Ingested as a Bolus Ziegenhagen R, Heimberg K, Lampen A, Hirsch-Ernst KI · Foods, 2021 DOI

    Safety review examined isolated bolus piperine, including potential interactions and uncertainty around supplemental exposure. It does not establish efficacy for using piperine as a bioavailability enhancer.

  2. Curcumin-piperine co-supplementation and human health: A comprehensive review of preclinical and clinical studies Heidari H, Bagherniya M, Majeed M, Sathyapalan T, Jamialahmadi T, Sahebkar A · Phytotherapy Research, 2023 DOI

    Review evaluated curcumin-piperine combinations rather than piperine monotherapy. Combination findings cannot isolate piperine's clinical effect or define its standalone pharmacokinetics.

  3. Influence of piperine on the pharmacokinetics of curcumin in animals and human volunteers. Shoba G, Joy D, Joseph T, Majeed M, Rajendran R, Srinivas PS · Planta medica, 1998 DOI

    This citation reports a human clinical study involving a formulation related to Piperine, not the isolated identity. The pharmacokinetic study coadministered piperine with curcumin and does not establish piperine-only…

3 published studies referenced in the app, each with a plain-language summary.