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PHR1828

Eucalyptol (cineole)

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

Eucalyptol, 1,3,3-Trimethyl-2-oxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, 1,8-Cineole, 1,8-Epoxy-p-menthane

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H18O
CAS Number:
470-82-6
Molecular Weight:
154.25
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
105109
MDL number:
MFCD00167977
UNSPSC Code:
12352212
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329823628
EC Number:
207-431-5
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Quality Segment

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. Y0000176, traceable to USP 1268900

API family

cineole

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

pkg of 500 mg

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.457 (lit.)

bp

176-177 °C (lit.)

mp

1-2 °C (lit.)

density

0.921 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

C[C@]12CC[C@H](CC1)C(C)(C)O2

InChI

1S/C10H18O/c1-9(2)8-4-6-10(3,11-9)7-5-8/h8H,4-7H2,1-3H3/t8-,10+

InChI key

WEEGYLXZBRQIMU-WAAGHKOSSA-N

General description

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Eucalyptol, a natural monoterpene, is a component of many medicinally active aromatic plants, such as eucalyptus, cardamom, thyme, rosemary, and ginger. It exhibits subduing effect on mucus hypersecretion, non-purulent rhinosinusitis, and asthma.

Application

This pharmaceutical secondary standard can also be used as follows:

  • Simultaneous estimation of menthol and eucalyptol in their combined marketed analgesic formulations by high-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) procedure
  • The development of an International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guideline validated HPTLC method for the determination of α-pinene and eucalyptol in plants from the Lamiaceae family
  • Headspace sorptive extraction (HSSE) of seven monoterpenes for their gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS) based quantitative analysis from different honey samples
  • Screening and estimation of eucalyptol in a polyherbal formulation using an HPTLC-based technique

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

Find a digital Reference Material for this product available on our online platform ChemisTwin® for NMR. You can use this digital equivalent on ChemisTwin® for your sample identity confirmation and compound quantification (with digital external standard). An NMR spectrum of this substance can be viewed and an online comparison against your sample can be performed with a few mouseclicks. Learn more here and start your free trial.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAB9507 in the Documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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FlameExclamation mark
GHS02,GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H226,H317

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

125.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

52 °C - closed cup

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