Eugenol allspice

Pimento Berry Oil. The pimento or allspice tree, Pimenta dioca L. (syn. P. officinalis, Liadl.), a native of the West Indies and Central America, yields two essential oils of commercial importance pimento berry oil and pimenta leaf oil. The leaf oil finds some use ia perfumery for its resemblance to clove leaf and cinnamon leaf oils as a result of its high content of eugenol. Pimento berry oil is an item of commerce with extensive appHcation by the flavor industry ia food products such as meat sauces, sausages, and pickles, and moderate use ia perfumery, where it is used primarily as a modifier ia the modem spicy types of men s fragrances. The oil is steam-distilled from dried, cmshed, fully grown but unripe fmits. It is a pale yellow Hquid with a warm-spicy, sweet odor with a fresh, clean topnote, a tenacious, sweet-balsamic-spicy body, and a tea-like undertone. A comparative analysis of the headspace volatiles of ripe pimento berries and a commercial oil has been performed and differences are shown ia Table 52 (95). 

Nelke,/. clove pink (the flower). Nelken-gewachse, n.pl. (Boi.) Caryophylla-ceae. -kassie, /. clove cassia, -ol, n. clove oil, oil of cloves, -pfeffer, m. allspice, pimento, -pfefferwasser, n. (Pharm.) pimento water, -rinde, /. clove cassia, -s ure, /. eugenol caryophyllic acid, -stein, m. iolite. -wurzel, /. avens root. -zim(m)t, m. clove cinnamon, clove cassia. 

Pimento oils (allspice oil) are derived from pimento fruits and leaves. Pimento berry oil is obtained by steam distillation of the dried, fully grown, unripe, berrylike fruits of the pimento shrub, Pimenta dioica (L.) Merrill. (Myrtaceae), growing in the islands of the West Indies and Central America. It is a pale yellow to brown liquid with a spicy odor, reminiscent of eugenol. 

PROP Contains eugenol. Distilled from the fruit of Pimenta officinalis Undl (Fam. Mjrtaceae). Yellow to red-yellow liquid odor and taste of allspice. D 1.018-1.048, refr index 1.527-1.540 20°. 

All ice flavors a number of common foods including several liquors, such as Benedictine, pies, and ketchup. The principal active compound in allspice is eugenol, as in the case of cloves. 

Essential oil— A mixture of hydrocarbons and organic heterocyclic compounds (secondary metabolites) produced by a plant species. The specific composition is also characteristic of a given species from which the essential oil is distilled. For example, distillation of allspice yields an oil composed principally of eugenol. 

Eucalypt—A tree from a species of Eucalyptus. Eugenol—The principal hydrocarbon compound in the scent and taste of the spices, cloves, and allspice. 

Pimento. Allspice Jamaica psppsr semen Amo-mi. Dried, nearly ripe fruit of Pimento officinalis Lindi., Myrtaceae. Habit East and West Indies, Central and South America. Consiit 3-4.5% volatile oil containing about 70% eugenol and small quantities eugenol methyl ether cineol. l ct -phellandrene and caryophyltene resin, tannin, fixed oil, sugar, gum. 

Definition Volatile oil from fruit of Pimenta officinalis, contg. eugenol Properties Colorless, yel. or reddish liq., allspice odor and taste becomes darker with age sol. in glac. acetic acid, 1 vol 90% alcohol very si. sol. in water dens. 1.018-1.048 ref. index 1.527-1.540 (20 C)... 

Spicy OTW Allspice, nutmeg, peppery, eugenol. See also 1003 Vanilla. Eugenol, 120 Ag/1... 

Spicy (general term) Clove, eugenol, nutmeg, allspice. — Maybe a more general term but could include eugenol and see 4-vinylguaiacol. 

Jamaica pepper (allspice, pimenta) Oil of pimenta (6760) 8% Eugenol ... 

Eugenol is a phenylpropanoid with a free hydroxyl group. It is widely distributed in plants, one of the main sources being clove oil from flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae). It is a major constituent of bay leaf, nutmeg and allspice. 

Eugenol, the major component of both allspice berry and leaf oils, has local antiseptic and anesthetic properties. It is considered anticonvulsant, antimitotic, antioxidant, and spasmolytic. Eugenol has shown central nervous system a depressant activity and inhibits prostaglandin synthesis in human colonic muscoa (harbourne and BAXTER). Oral administration of an aqueous suspension of allspice to rats and mice produced anti-inflammatory, antipyretic. 

Eugenol, aqueous extracts of allspice, and allspice oil, along with numerous other spices and their volatile oils, have been demonstrated to enhance trypsin activity they also exhibit larvicidal properties. ... 

Allspice oil has been used medicinally as an aromatic carminative at dose of 0.05-0.2 mL. It is also used in cosmetics as an ingredient in fragrance formulations, for spicy, dove-like notes. Eugenol is used as a dental antiseptic and anesthetic. 

Others. Solvent extracts of allspice have shown potent in vitro antioxidant activity and antimutagenic activity/ Radical scavenging activity was found from various constituents of the berries including gallic acid, galloylglu-cosides, phenylpropanoids, eugenol, and vanillin. A fluid extract of the berries has shown in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activities. ... 

Eugenol Stronger aroma and taste than vanilla Bay leaves, allspice and oil of cloves Food flavouring, antiseptic Mediter- ranean Caribbean China... 

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