SCIENTISTS IN THE WEST ARE INTRIGUED BY PEPPER’S ABILITY TO QUELL INFLAMMATION. EXPERIMENTS SUGGEST THE SPICE COULD HAVE A ROLE IN COMBATING CANCER. BETEL, ONE OF PEPPER’S SIBLINGS, APPEARS TO BE A PROMISING TREATMENT FOR THE PARASITIC DISEASE LEISHMANIASIS. Piper nigrum L. (Piperacea) has insect...