Pimenta Berries Oil

SYNS OIL OF ALLSPICE OIL OF PIMENTA OIL PIMENTA BERRIES OIL OF PIMENTO OILS, ALLSPICE OILS, PIMENTA PIMENTA BERRY OIL PIMENTA LEAF OIL PIMENTO OIL... 

Synonyms pimentaoil pimenta berries oil pimento oil Allyl Alcohol... 

Synonyms Pimenta berries oil Pimenta berry oil Pimenta officinalis Pimenta officinalis oil Pimenta oil Pimento oil... 

Pimenta berries oil. See Allspice (Pimenal officinalis) oil Allspice (Pimenta officinalis) Pimenta berries oleoresin. See Oleoresin 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). 

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. 

Oleoresin Pimenta Berries Obtained by the solvent extraction of the dried fruit of Pimenta officinalis Lindl (Fam Myrtaceae) as a brown-green to dark green liquid. Oleoresin Rosemary Obtained by the solvent extraction of the dried leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis L. (Fam. Labiatae). It is a thick, green paste that can be diluted with food-grade water- or oil-dispersible solvents. It may have a reduced chlorophyll content. The volatile oil content varies depending on its intended effect from a highly camphoraceous note to a subtle herbal note. 

Oleoresin Pimenta Berries Volatile Oil Content Between 20 mL and 50 mL/100 g. 

TABLE XVII. Comparative Chemical Composition of Pimenta (a.k.a. Allspice) Berry Oils of Various Origins... 

Pimento berry oil Pimenta dioica Fruit SD eugenol, 1,8-cineole, /S-caryophyllene... 

Crude, oleoresin, berry, and leaf oils. Allspice and allspice oil were formerly official in N.F. allspice oil and pimenta leaf oil are official in F.C.C. 

L. Peyron, J. Acchiardi, D. Bignotti, and P. PeUetin, "The Berries of Pimenta Diocaf Paper No. 128 presented at the FTIIth International Congress of Essential Oils, Oct. 12—17, 1980, Cannes, France. 

Pimento Oil (Eugenia pimenta DC, a.k.a. Pimenta ojficinalis L., a.k.a. Pimenta dioica) This is what is commonly called Allspice. The little, dried pimento berry looks like black pepper. It is indigenous to the Caribbean and Central America. Table XVII will show you what it s got [44]. 

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