Indian Black Pepper Oil

Product                                     Black Pepper Oil “KE”

Appearance                               Fluid liquid

Colour                                       Almost water-white or Pale Greenish Gray

Odour                                       The odour is Fresh dry-Woody, Warm, Spicy reminiscent. The taste is  flat, somewhat dry-woody Pungent biting & characteristic odour of   recalling of whole Pepper.

Physico-Chemical Properties:-

Specific Gravity                         0.864 – 0.884                             

Refractive Index                       1.4795 – 1.4880                         

Optical Rotation                       -1° To -23°                               

Main Constituents                    Alpha & Beta Pinene, Alpha Thujene, Camphene Sabinene, Beta  Cryophyllene.

Solubility       Soluble in Alcohol and other Organic solvents & insoluble in water.

Black pepper oil is extracted from the plant Piper nigrum of the Piperaceae family. The oil is made from the unripe red fruit of the plant, while white pepper for household use, is made from the same fruit, but the berry is picked when fully ripe and the outside layer (pericarp) is removed before drying.

It is a strong and sharp spicy smelling oil and is faintly reminiscent of clove oil, yet more refined. It can range in color from light amber to yellow-green and has a watery viscosity.

The unripe, sun-dried peppercorns (fruit) are used for the extraction of the oil, using steam distillation which produces a yield of nearly 2%.

Black pepper oil can be used to help in the treatment of pain relief, rheumatism, chills, flu, colds, increase circulation, exhaustion, muscular aches, physical and emotional coldness, nerve tonic and fevers. It furthermore increases the flow of saliva, stimulates appetite, encourages peristalsis, tones the colon muscles and is a general digestive tonic.