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Sumac

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Sumac

What it is

Sumac is the dried, ground berry of Rhus coriaria, a shrub grown across the Middle East and Mediterranean.

What it tastes like

On the nose: camphor, citrus. Among its measured molecules: thujone, precocene I, allyl p-methylbenzyl ether, isocaryophyllene, (Z,Z)-alpha-farnesene.

What goes with it

235 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.

23 of 50 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.

  • naphthalenearomahydrocarbonreads as aromatic odor (PubChem)Measured in 2 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.00% in the Egyptian commercial sample, 15.88% (+/-4.18) in the Jordanian commercial sample -- the single largest named peak in the Jordanian accession per the paper's own abstract, and essentially unique to it.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Naphthalene' (Aromatics))
  • 1,8-cineolearomaterpenoidreads as camphor-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite
    7.27% (+/-2.98) Egypt, 3.25% (+/-0.81) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Cineole' (Oxides))
  • linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
    3.38% (+/-1.17) Egypt, 1.84% (+/-1.60) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'β-Linalool' (Alcohols))
  • alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 71 of 338 ingredients.cite
    4.05% (+/-1.55) Egypt, 1.98% (+/-0.15) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'α-Pinene' (Monoterpene hydrocarbon))
  • furfuralaromafuranreads as almond-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 33 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.32% (+/-0.34) Egypt, 3.73% (+/-3.26) Jordan in the dried, unroasted commercial samples. The paper's own text notes furfural rises sharply upon roasting (to 34.37% in the roasted Palestinian sample, a Maillard-type transformation) -- that roasted figure is not cited as its own row since it is measured on the fresh, not dried-commercial, accession.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Furfural' (Furan/aldehydes))
  • γ‑terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 44 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.66% (+/-0.43) Egypt, 0.29% (+/-0.25) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'γ-Terpinene' (Monoterpene hydrocarbon))
  • o-cymenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
    7.73% (+/-1.27) Egypt, 4.25% (+/-1.87) Jordan -- the single largest named peak in the Egyptian accession per the paper's own abstract.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'O-Cymene' (Monoterpene hydrocarbon))
  • thujonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.93% (+/-0.59) Egypt, 0.89% (+/-0.77) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row '3-Thujanone' (Ketones))
  • beta-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene odor (PubChem)Measured in 55 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.79% (+/-1.46) Egypt, 0.50% (+/-0.44) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'β-Pinene' (Monoterpene hydrocarbon))
  • beta-ocimenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 8 of 338 ingredients.cite
    7.50% (+/-0.80) Egypt, 3.83% (+/-2.93) Jordan -- one of the three chief monoterpene components the paper's own text names for Egyptian sumac, alongside o-cymene and limonene.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'β-Ocimene' (Monoterpene hydrocarbon))
  • limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite
    7.36% (+/-3.63) Egypt, 3.36% (+/-0.73) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Limonene' (Monoterpene hydrocarbon))
  • precocene IaromaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.70% (+/-2.45) Egypt, 0.29% (+/-0.25) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Precocene I' (Ethers))
  • 1,3,8-p-MenthatrienearomaterpenoidMeasured in 4 of 338 ingredients.cite
    1.42% (+/-0.19) Egypt, 0.81% (+/-0.71) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row '1,3,8-p-Menthatriene' (Monoterpene hydrocarbon))
  • allyl p-methylbenzyl etheraromaMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    4.46% (+/-1.37) Egypt, 0.89% (+/-0.29) Jordan -- a distinctive aromatic ether contributing a notable share of the ether class total.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Allyl p-methylbenzyl ether' (Ethers))
  • longifolenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
    4.42% (+/-0.52) Egypt, 5.23% (+/-0.81) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Longifolene' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))
  • caryophyllenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 50 of 338 ingredients.cite
    4.46% (+/-1.37) Egypt, 5.29% (+/-1.33) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Caryophyllene' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))
  • β-farnesenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 12 of 338 ingredients.cite
    6.05% (+/-1.69) Egypt, 6.58% (+/-1.94) Jordan -- one of the largest sesquiterpene peaks in both commercial samples.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row '(E)-β-Famesene' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))
  • humulenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 26 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.93% (+/-0.50) Egypt, 1.48% (+/-0.40) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'α-Humulene' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))
  • isocaryophyllenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    4.42% (+/-0.52) Egypt, 5.26% (+/-0.81) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Isocaryophyllene' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))
  • (Z,Z)-alpha-farnesenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
    6.02% (+/-1.98) Egypt, 7.62% (+/-1.97) Jordan -- the largest single sesquiterpene by area percentage in the Jordanian commercial sample.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row '(Z, Z)-α-Farnesene' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))
  • germacrene DaromaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
    2.83% (+/-2.38) Egypt, 2.46% (+/-3.56) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Germacrene D' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))
  • β-bisabolenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 10 of 338 ingredients.cite
    0.93% (+/-0.50) Egypt, 1.64% (+/-0.27) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'β-Bisabolene' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))
  • AromadendrenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 5 of 338 ingredients.cite
    2.15% (+/-3.04) Egypt, 3.70% (+/-5.72) Jordan.Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ (Table 1, row 'Aromadendrene' (Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon))

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.

  • 1.Xi.,6.xi.,7.xi.-cadina-4,9-dieneterpenoid
  • delta-cadineneterpenoid
  • Polystachosidesugar
  • ethyl gallateester
  • geranylacetoneketone
  • 10-epi-alpha-cadinolalcohol
  • tannic acidphenolreads as astringent taste (PubChem)
  • 3-[(2R,3S,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxyethyl]oxolan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxychromen-4-oneflavonoid
  • α-copaeneterpenoid
  • 8-[5-(5,7-Dihydroxy-4-oxochromen-2-yl)-2-hydroxyphenyl]-5,6,7-trihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-oneflavonoid
  • 4,10,11,11-tetramethyltricyclo[5.3.1.01,5]undecaneterpenoid
  • nonanalaldehydereads as orange-rose odor (PubChem)
  • digallic acidester
  • gallic acidacid
  • quercetinflavonoid
  • rutinflavonoid
  • kaempferolflavonoid
  • agathisflavoneflavonoid
  • amentoflavoneflavonoid
  • hinokiflavoneflavonoid
  • myricetinflavonoid
  • myricetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosideflavonoid
  • farnesylacetonealdehyde
  • hexanalaldehydereads as sharp, aldehyde odor (PubChem)
  • (1E,3Z,6E,10E)-3,7,11-trimethyl-14-propan-2-ylcyclotetradeca-1,3,6,10-tetraeneterpenoid
  • methyl gallateester
  • Trigallic Acid

Sources

  • Farag et al. 2018, PeerJ