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Schinus Molle Oil is the oil expressed from the fruit of the American Pepper, Schinus molle L., Theaceae

Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. Schinus molle, Anacardiaceae.

By steam distillation of the fruits of S. molle L. (Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, 1975).

Main constituents include carvacrol, phellandrene, thyrnol, pinene, an unidentified resin and a few high-molecular-weight ketones. The oil from fruits contains a number of terpenic hydrocarbons (limonene 4 to 9%, a-phellandrene ~25%, β-phellandrene ~7%, myrcene 5 to 19%; α-pinene 1 to 3%, δ-cadinene 4 to 7%, π-cymene 6 to 12%), phenolic compound (carvacrol 0.6 to 1%), ester (methyl octanoate 0.2 to 1.6%) (CoE, 2000). The essential oil from leaves contains monoterpinic and sesquiterpenic hydrocarbons (β-pinene ~14%, sabinene ~13%, myrcene ~5%, limonene