The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a dry extractfrom the fruit of Piper cubeba L., which characterized in that, in a first step,the fruit of Piper cubeba L. either is subjected to a steam distillation for theremoval of essential oils and the distillate is removed or extracted at leastonce with a lipophilic phase and the lipophilic extract or extracts are removed；in a second step, the fruit, so treated, is extracted at least once either withat least one alcohol or with a mixture of at least one alcohol and water； and, ina third step, the extracted fruit parts are removed and an auxiliary materialis added to the extract so obtained, which is then concentrated to a thick extractwith an alcohol concentration of 0.1 to 10% (w/w), then dried and recovered.
