Black pepper (piper nigrum) extract (making at home)

Question

Greetings!

I want to try making an extract of piper nigrum at home. Focusing mainly on piperine.

Has anyone done this, have advice, or point me to a good learning resource?

I did a search of this sub and found quite a few posts generally about the properties and traditional uses, but didn’t see anything about extracts.

I also considering the desired component is piperine I don’t know what medium would be best (tincture vs extract etc). I kind of just defaulted to alcohol as a good solvent.

Thanks for any help or info you can share! :)

Posted Jul 11, 2026, 8:53 PM UTC

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