BRIEFING

 Black Cumin Seed Oil. A new monograph for this dietary ingredient is being proposed. The gas chromatographic procedure in the test for Content of Monoterpenes is based on analyses performed with a Restek Rtx-5MS brand of column, coated with a 0.25-µm film of phase G27. The typical retention times for 4-cymene, thymoquinone, and carvacrol are 3.1, 6.7, and 7.2 min, respectively.

 (BDSHM: M. Monagas)

 Case ID—SUB-1029, SUB-1212