title: Constituents of peppers: IV. The hydrocarbons of pepper essential oil.
abstract: Twenty-six hydrocarbons were identified in the essential oil of black pepper. Three of these are sesquiterpenes which have not been reported previously as occurring in this oil (beta-cubebene, alpha-guaiene and gamma-cadinene). Some other hydrocarbon constituents mentioned in the literature were absent in our pepper oil.
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003212:Condiments / Q000032:analysis; D008722:Methods; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013729:Terpenes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile; D013729:Terpenes