Piperine is main active component of pepper. It is a type of alkaloid. It is found widely in nature, especially in
pepper plants.

Piperine accounts for 4%-9% of pepper fruit. Hongkang Piperine comes from dried fruits of black pepper. Acts
as a natural cosmetic ingredient.It is extremely sensitive to light. It is almost insoluble in water, and slightly
soluble in ether; it is soluble in benzene or acetic acid, and easily soluble in chloroform, ethanol.

In recent years, with the research in cosmetics field, it has been found that Piperine can promote skin penetration.
It is responsible for enhancing effective ingredients of cosmetics to quickly penetrate into skin. Therefore, it can be
added into cosmetics as cosmotic agent. At the same time, Piperine has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect.
It can also promote activity of melanin, so it can treat depigmentation dermatosis. In addition, Piperine can be used as
fragrance of perfume, because of its special smell.