“…In general, a multicomponent crystal phase includes a salt, cocrystal, hydrate, and solvate [32,33]. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the formation of a multicomponent crystal phase of API with a suitable excipient could enhance its physicochemical properties, such as solubility and dissolution rate, permeability, bioavailability, physical stability, compressibility, and pharmacological efficacy [34][35][36][37][38][39]. To the best of our knowledge, only two studies on the multicomponent crystal phase of piperine have been reported: a cocrystal with resveratrol, and a salt with a halide [40,41].…”