[Essential oil analysis and trace element study of the roots of Piper nigrum L]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1998 Jan;23(1):42-3, 63.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Pepper roots contain 0.39% of essential oil. By GC-MS method, 44 peaks and 22 compounds were obtained and identified. The major component was trans-caryophyllene. The trace metal content analysis showed that the heavy metals were under the safety level.

MeSH terms

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Magnoliopsida / chemistry
  • Oils, Volatile / chemistry
  • Oils, Volatile / isolation & purification*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Trace Elements / analysis*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Oils, Volatile
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Trace Elements
  • caryophyllene