Piper affinis hisp.: Safrole (18%) + Sarisan (75%) , Hive Chemicals & Equipment
 
    Rhodium (Chief Bee) 10-06-03 20:38
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      Piper affinis hisp.: Safrole (18%) + Sarisan (75%) </td> <td class="text_bg" align="right" valign="top">    </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="text_bg"> <td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left"> <br> <b>Sarisan from leaves of <i>Piper affinis hispidinervum C. DC</i> (long pepper)</b><br><a href="../rhodium/pdf /sarisan.piper.affinis.pdf" target="_blank" title="Jump to this external site">Flavour and Fragrance Journal 16(2), pp 113-115 (2001)</a> (../rhodium/pdf /sarisan.pipe<wbr>r.affini<wbr>s.pdf) <font color="green">(retrieved by Ziqquratu)</font color="green"><br>DOI:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ffj.957" target="_blank" title="Jump to this online publication">10.1002/ffj.957</a><br><br><b>Abstract</b><br><br>The essential oil obtained from the leaves of Piper affinis hispidinervum C. DC was analysed by GC- MS. Sixteen substances were identified, corresponding to 98.9% of the oil. The major component (74.3%) was sarisan (1-allyl-2-methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxyben<wbr>zene), identified by NMR spectroscopy. Safrole (18.4%) was also found in the oil.<br><br><font color="green">Sarisan (an MMDA-2 precursor, mentioned as "asaricin" in Pihkal) is a relatively rare substance.</font color="green"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="text_bg"> <td align="left" valign="bottom"><img src="../forum/images/left_bottom.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> <td valign="middle" align="center" colspan="7"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom"><img src="../forum/images/right_bottom.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> </tr> <tr class="page_bg"> <td colspan="9"> </td> </tr> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text_bg"> <img src="../forum/images/left_top.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> <td colspan="7"><a name="Post463279"></a></a> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="../forum/images/right_top.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> </tr> <tr class="text_bg"> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2"> abuse<br> <i>(<span title="The user's title at the time of posting">Stranger</span>)</i><br> <span title="Posting date">10-08-03 01:30</span><br> <span title="Link to this post by using the markup [463279]">No 463279</span><br> </td> <td rowspan="2">  </td> <td rowspan="2" width="1" class="vert_ruler"> <img src="../forum/images/hr.gif" border="0" width="1" height="1"> </td> <td rowspan="2">  </td> <td class="text_bg" align="left" valign="top"> <b title="The subject of this post">Rhode, what's the point that you're trying to...</b> </td> <td class="text_bg" align="right" valign="top">    </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="text_bg"> <td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left"> <br> Rhode, what's the point that you're trying to emphasize from this article? The fact that long pepper can contain up to 18% safrole, or, that sarisan is similar to safrole? (at least it looks similar to safrole, but I'm no chemist :-P)<br><br>abuse </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="text_bg"> <td align="left" valign="bottom"><img src="../forum/images/left_bottom.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> <td valign="middle" align="center" colspan="7"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom"><img src="../forum/images/right_bottom.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> </tr> <tr class="page_bg"> <td colspan="9"> </td> </tr> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text_bg"> <img src="../forum/images/left_top.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> <td colspan="7"><a name="Post463284"></a><a name="last"></a></a> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="../forum/images/right_top.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> </tr> <tr class="text_bg"> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2"> <font color="#FF0033">Rhodium</font><br> <i>(<span title="The user's title at the time of posting">Chief Bee</span>)</i><br> <span title="Posting date">10-08-03 02:35</span><br> <span title="Link to this post by using the markup [463284]">No 463284</span><br> </td> <td rowspan="2">  </td> <td rowspan="2" width="1" class="vert_ruler"> <img src="../forum/images/hr.gif" border="0" width="1" height="1"> </td> <td rowspan="2">  </td> <td class="text_bg" align="left" valign="top"> <b title="The subject of this post">Sarisan (6-methoxy-safrole), a MMDA-2 precursor</b> </td> <td class="text_bg" align="right" valign="top">    </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="text_bg"> <td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left"> <br> I wanted to tell people about yet another safrole source, but mainly I wanted to inform about the existance of the relatively rare phenylpropanoid <i>sarisan</i> (6-methoxy-safrole), which is a precursor to MMDA-2, one of the "essential amphetamines", as Shulgin calls them (as they are derived from essential oil components). However, Shulgin uses the alternative name "asaricin" in Pihkal instead of <i>sarisan</i>.<br><br><font color="red"><b>Edit:</b></font color="red"> The propenylbenzene corresponding to sarisan/asaricin is <u>carpacin</u>, which is discussed further in <span title="Jump to this post"><a href="../DUMMY">Post 247833</a> <i>(Rhodium: "Carpacin isolation & Physical Data", Chemistry Discourse)</i></span> and <span title="Jump to this post"><a href="../novel/000325672.html#Post325672">Post 325672</a> <i>(Trypstar: "MMDA-2: Carpacin from sesamol", Novel Discourse)</i></span><br><br>Sarisan is also found in several other oils: <br><span title="Jump to this post"><a href="../acquisition/000324027.html#Post324027">Post 324027</a> <i>(3base: "MMDA-2: sarisan in beilschmiedia miersii leaf oil", Chemicals & Equipment)</i></span><br><span title="Jump to this post"><a href="../novel/000324777.html#Post324777">Post 324777</a> <i>(3base: "ashanti pepper oil: myristicin, sarisan", Novel Discourse)</i></span><br><span title="Jump to this post"><a href="../novel/000354928.html#Post354928">Post 354928</a> <i>(3base: "MMDA-2 precursor form long pepper leaf oil", Novel Discourse)</i></span><br><span title="Jump to this post"><a href="../novel/000380239.html#Post380239">Post 380239</a> <i>(3base: "isoelemicin,sarisan,isomyristicin in lovage roots", Novel Discourse)</i></span> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="text_bg"> <td align="left" valign="bottom"><img src="../forum/images/left_bottom.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> <td valign="middle" align="center" colspan="7"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom"><img src="../forum/images/right_bottom.gif" border="0" height="12" width="9"></td> </tr> <tr class="page_bg"> <td colspan="9"> </td> </tr> </body> </html>