Medicinal plants contain varieties of bioactive compounds such as alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, flavonoids, steroids that possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-diabetic functional properties and also protects from many chronic diseases. In the present study the Piper nigrum seeds were screened for qualitative phytochemical analysis. P.nigrum seed powder was extracted with distilled water and ethanol. The solvent free extracts were then subjected for phytochemical screening. The studyconfirms that P. nigrumpossessesa number of important phytochemical constituents with therapeutic activities.