Experiment 352447

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeINHALATION
OrganismPiper nigrum (PIPERACEAE)
CitationROSE,JE: BEHM,FM:. (1994). INHALATION OF VAPOR FROM BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT REDUCES SMOKING WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.. 34()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseINVESTIGATED THE SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS OF A CIGARETTE SUBSTITUTE DELIVERING A VAPOR OF BLACK PEPPER ESSENTIAL OIL. FORTY-EIGHT CIGARETTE SMOKERS PARTICIPATED IN A 3-H SESSION CONDUCTED AFTER OVERNIGHT DEPRIVATION FORM SMOKING. SUBJECTS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THREE CONDITIONS:ONE GROUP OF SMOKERS PUFFED ON A DEVICE THAT DELIVERED A VAPOR FROM ESSENTIAL OIL OF BLACK PEPPER; A SECOND GROUP PUFFED ON THE DEVICE WITH A MINT/MENTHOL CARTRIDGE, AND A 3RD GROUP USED A DEVICE CONTAINING AN EMPTY CARTRIDGE. SUBJECTS PUFFED AND INHALED AD LIBITUM FROM THE DEVICE THROUGHOUT THE SESSION DURING WHICH NO SMOKING WAS ALLOWED. REPORTED CRAVING FOR CIGARETTES WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN THE PEPPER CONDITION RELATIVE TO EACH OF THE TWO CONTROL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION, NEGATIVE AFFECT AND SOMATIC SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY WERE ALLEVIATED IN THE PEPPER CONDITION RELATIVE TO THE UNFLAVORED PLACEBO. THE INTENSITY OF SENSATIONS IN THE CHEST WAS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FOR THE PEPPER CONDITION.
Dose amountF5
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionCONC USED
ExtractESSENTIAL OIL
GenderMALE