• CAS number

    8006-82-4
  • Botanical

    Piper nigrum L., fam. Piperaceae

Koenig, W.A., Krueger, A., Icheln D., and Runge, T., Enantiomeric Composition of the Chiral Constituents in Essential Oils (monoterpene hydrocarbon fraction; most terpenes have 2 enantiomers), Journal of High Resolution Chromatography, Vol. 15, 184-189 (1992)

Compound CAS DB5 Carbowax Proportion
3-Carene 13466-78-9 1011.57 1144.57 37.96%
Limonene, (+/-)- 138-86-3 1032.0 1196.29 27.13%
beta-Pinene 127-91-3 979.0 1113.0 15.17%
alpha-PINENE 80-56-8 940.0 1020.71 8.65%
alpha-PHELLANDRENE 99-83-2 1006.43 1168.43 4.28%
Myrcene 123-35-3 990.57 1161.14 3.25%
p-CYMENE 99-87-6 1025.71 1269.29 2.47%
Camphene 79-92-5 951.57 1071.29 0.3%
gamma-Terpinene 99-85-4 1063.71 1245.0 0.21%
Beta-Phellandrene 555-10-2 1033.57 1207.71 0.2%
alpha-Terpinene 99-86-5 1019.29 1186.29 0.14%
(-)-alpha-Thujene 3917-48-4 935.43 1027.57 0.11%
Total 99.87%