The next time you bite into a pepper and get a nice kick of spice, you might be interested to know that this heat is linked ...

Indian long pepper is a plant that is commonly used in combination with other herbs in Ayurvedic medicine and other types of traditional medicine. The traditional herb goes by the botanical name ...

Piperlongumine, a chemical compound found in the Indian long pepper plant, is known to kill cancerous cells in many tumor types, including brain tumors, according to Penn Medicine. Now ...

To investigate the effects of piperlongumine (PL), an anticancer alkaloid from long pepper plants, on the primary myeloid leukemia cells from patients and the mechanisms of action. Previous ...

A pepper plant crowded by neighbors tends to keep its roots close to the stem and densely packed, instead of sending out many long-reaching roots like single-potted plants have the luxury to do.

They're a relatively mild pepper that have a sweet heat. Paprika fruits ripen in about 80 days to bright red pods that are 4 to 6 inches long, depending on the variety. Paprika plants grow up to 3 ...

Or you might leave your pepper plants in the ground too long, missing out on fall crops that could be planted in their stead. Overwintering your pepper plants solves both of those problems.