BBC NEWS | Health | Pepper ‘to treat pigment disease’
Pepper ‘to treat pigment disease’
Black pepper could provide a new treatment for the skin disease vitiligo, research suggests.
Vitiligo is a condition in which areas of skin lose their normal pigment and become white.
Researchers discovered that piperine – the compound that gives black pepper its spicy, pungent flavour – can stimulate pigmentation in the skin.
