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Pink peppercorn

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Pink peppercorn

What it is

Pink peppercorn is the dried berry of Schinus molle or Schinus terebinthifolius, unrelated to true pepper, Piper nigrum.

What it tastes like

On the nose: citrus. Among its measured molecules: ethyl linoleate, elemol, gamma-Gurjunene, delta-Amorphene, α-gurjunene.

What goes with it

189 more go with it. See them all in the full library →

Salt and acid

Salt

Salt not measured yet.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

13 of 108 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.

  • alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 71 of 338 ingredients.cite
    17.16% of the fruit oil; the fruit column's monoterpene hydrocarbon total is 63.27%, against 19.11% for leaves — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 1 'α-pinene', column 'Fruits')
  • α-phellandrenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 29 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.85% of the fruit oil — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 3 'α-phellandrene', column 'Fruits')
  • beta-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene odor (PubChem)Measured in 55 of 338 ingredients.cite
    43.34% relative abundance of the fruit oil — the largest constituent by a wide margin, against only 5.68% of the leaf oil — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1 (Chemical identification by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS)), row 2 'β-pinene', column 'Fruits')
  • limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.92% of the fruit oil; not detected in the leaf oil — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 7 'D-limonene', column 'Fruits')
  • elemolaromaalcoholMeasured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
    2.7% of the fruit oil; reported in the fruit column only, not in leaves or twigs — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 35 'elemol', column 'Fruits')
  • spathulenolaromaalcoholMeasured in 13 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.21% of the fruit oil — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 36 'spathulenol', column 'Fruits')
  • β-caryophyllene oxidearomaetherMeasured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.77% of the fruit oil; the fruit column's oxygenated-sesquiterpene total is 1.98% — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 37 'caryophyllene oxide', column 'Fruits')
  • caryophyllenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 50 of 338 ingredients.cite
    3.12% of the fruit oil (RI 1418), against 15.97% of the leaf oil and 11.73% of the twig oil — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 20 'caryophyllene', column 'Fruits')
  • ethyl linoleatearomaesterMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    2.02% of the fruit oil; reported in the fruit column only, and the sole entry in that column's 'diterpene oxygenated' class line — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 44 'mandenol', column 'Fruits')
  • germacrene DaromaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
    15.78% of the fruit oil — the largest sesquiterpene in it — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 28 'germacrene D', column 'Fruits')
  • delta-AmorphenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
    3.21% of the fruit oil — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 32 'δ-amorphene', column 'Fruits')
  • α-gurjunenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
    2.12% of the fruit oil — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 19 'α-gurjunene', column 'Fruits')
  • gamma-GurjunenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
    3.15% of the fruit oil, against 16.85% of the leaf oil — Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules (Table 1, row 26 'γ-gurjunene', column 'Fruits')

On file, no cited source yet ✳

These molecules are on record for it from the library's earlier sources. We are buying and requesting the papers; each one that lands moves its molecule up into the cited list.

  • Schinolterpenoid
  • Terebaneneterpenoid
  • Teredeneneterpenoid
  • Terebintheneterpenoid
  • 3-[[2-O-(L-Rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl]oxy]-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-oneflavonoid
  • Terebenthifolic acidterpenoid
  • alpha-cadinolalcohol
  • aldehydo-D-glucosealdehyde
  • cardanol diene
  • β-phellandreneterpenoidreads as burning taste (PubChem)
  • terpinen-4-olalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)
  • terpinoleneterpenoidreads as terpene taste (PubChem)
  • (3S,8R,9R,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-olterpenoid
  • alpha-calacoreneterpenoid
  • alpha-muuroleneterpenoid
  • gamma-muuroleneterpenoid
  • neryl hexanoateester
  • Isomasticadienonalic acidterpenoid
  • allopurinolnitrogen compoundreads as slight (PubChem)
  • bicyclogermacreneterpenoid
  • gamma-calacoreneterpenoid
  • (1aR,4aR,7aS,7bR)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-2,3,4a,5,7a,7b-hexahydro-1aH-cyclopropa[e]azuleneterpenoid
  • (E)-Masticadienonic acidterpenoid
  • cis-beta-Guaieneterpenoid
  • (1aR,4aR,7aR,7bR)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-2,3,4a,5,7a,7b-hexahydro-1aH-cyclopropa[e]azuleneterpenoid
  • 10-epi-alpha-cadinolalcohol
  • [2-[5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-2-yl]-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]phenyl] 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoateflavonoid
  • [2-[5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-2-yl]-4,5-dihydroxyphenyl] 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoateflavonoid
  • [(Z,6S)-6-[(5R,9R,10R,13S,14R,17S)-3-hydroxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]hept-2-en-2-yl] formateterpenoid
  • methyl (E,6R)-6-[(3S,5R,10S,13S,14S,17S)-3-hydroxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2-methylhept-2-enoateterpenoid
  • methyl (E,6R)-2-methyl-6-[(5R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]hept-2-enoateterpenoid
  • 2-[3-[(2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-2,3-dihydrochromen-8-yl]-4-hydroxyphenyl]-5,7-dihydroxychromen-4-oneflavonoid
  • methyl (E,6R)-2-methyl-6-[(5R,10S,13S,14S,17S)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo-1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]hept-2-enoateterpenoid
  • (4aR,6aR,6bR,8aR,11R,12S,12aR,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,12a,14b-nonamethyl-2,4a,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,14a-dodecahydro-1H-picen-3-oneterpenoid
  • methyl (E,6S)-2-methyl-7-oxo-6-[(5R,10S,13S,14S,17S)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo-1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]hept-2-enoateterpenoid
  • [(3S,5S,6R)-6-[[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-2,3-dihydrochromen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl 4-hydroxybenzoateflavonoid
  • [(Z,6S)-6-[(5R,9R,10R,13S,14R,17S)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]hept-2-en-2-yl] acetateterpenoid
  • [(Z,6S)-6-[(5R,9R,10R,13S,14R,17S)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]hept-2-en-2-yl] formateterpenoid
  • alpha-terpineolalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)
  • (2Z,6S)-6-[(1S,3aS,5aR,7E,9aR,9bR,11aS)-7-(hydroxyimino)-3a,6,6,9a,11a-pentamethyl-1H,2H,3H,5H,5aH,8H,9H,9bH,10H,11H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-1-yl]-2-methylhept-2-enoic acidterpenoid
  • methyl (2Z,6S)-6-[(1S,3aS,5aR,7E,9aR,9bR,11aS)-7-(hydroxyimino)-3a,6,6,9a,11a-pentamethyl-1H,2H,3H,5H,5aH,8H,9H,9bH,10H,11H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-1-yl]-2-methylhept-2-enoateterpenoid
  • Chlorogenic acidphenol
  • sabineneterpenoid
  • allopurinol
  • D-fructopyranosealcoholreads as sweet (PubChem)
  • delta-cadinolalcohol
  • tau-Muurololalcohol
  • myrceneterpenoidreads as pleasant (PubChem)
  • Tetrahydroamentoflavoneflavonoid
  • gallic acidacid
  • Chamaejasminflavonoid
  • raffinosesugar
  • delta-cadineneterpenoid
  • alpha-cubebeneterpenoid
  • (1S,2E,10R)-3,7,11,11-tetramethylbicyclo[8.1.0]undeca-2,6-dieneterpenoid
  • quercituroneacid
  • quercetinflavonoid
  • isoquercetinflavonoid
  • rutinflavonoid
  • humuleneterpenoid
  • agathisflavoneflavonoid
  • amentoflavoneflavonoid
  • fisetinflavonoid
  • hyperosideflavonoid
  • robustaflavoneflavonoid
  • cardanol monoenephenol
  • (6Z)-(+/-)-nerolidolalcohol
  • geranyl butyrateester
  • 6-[5-(5,7-Dihydroxy-4-oxo-2,3-dihydrochromen-2-yl)-2-hydroxyphenyl]-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-oneflavonoid
  • D-glucopyranosesugarreads as sweet (PubChem)
  • keto-D-fructosesugar
  • sucrosesugarreads as sweet (PubChem)
  • alpha-Amyroneterpenoid
  • cis-Calameneneterpenoid
  • gamma-eudesmolterpenoid
  • germacroneterpenoid
  • pentagalloylglucoseester
  • linaloolalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)
  • campheneterpenoidreads as camphor-like (PubChem)
  • beta-elemeneterpenoid
  • 7-(2-Octylcyclopropyl)heptanoic acidacid
  • protocatechuic acidacid
  • masticadienolic acidterpenoid
  • 2-Methyl-7-oxo-6-(4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo-1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)hept-2-enoic acidterpenoid
  • methyl gallateester
  • γ‑terpineneterpenoid
  • p-cymeneterpenoidreads as mild pleasant odor (PubChem)
  • methyl octanoateesterreads as oily, somewhat orange taste (PubChem)
  • 6-(3-hydroxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)-2-methyl-7-oxohept-2-enoic acidterpenoid
  • (+)-trans-Piperitenolterpenoid
  • (+)-catechinflavonoid
  • β-eudesmolalcohol
  • (S,1Z,6Z)-8-Isopropyl-1-methyl-5-methylenecyclodeca-1,6-dieneterpenoid
  • (1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo[4.4.0.02,7]dec-3-eneterpenoid
  • α-eudesmolalcohol

Sources

  • Oliveira et al. 2024, Molecules
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