chinpi (Japanese Pharmacopoeia chenpi)
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Chinpi (Japanese Pharmacopoeia chenpi) is a pharmacopoeial crude drug from mature unshu mikan or mandarin peel. Covered by the chenpi monograph of the Eighteenth Revision of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia.
Photographs (captions in Japanese)
日本薬局方が定める陳皮（チンピ）の標本。原料はウンシュウミカン（Citrus unshiu）の成熟した果皮で、ラテン名アウランティイ・ノビリス・ペリカルピウムのラベルとともに標本瓶に収められている。乾燥・収縮した状態の果皮片が数枚重なって見える。
写っているもの: Citrus unshiu部位・状態: 生薬標本瓶に入った、乾燥させたウンシュウミカンの果皮（陳皮）片
写真: Hanabishi／ CC BY-SA 3.0／ 原画像／ 台帳の原画像
写真の範囲と来歴
被写体の確認: 原典の記載による同定。原典は生薬標本展示の写真で、ラベルに記された学名をそのまま採用した。個体の産地・熟成年数は写真からは判定できない。
掲載画像: Wikimedia Commons の1920px版。苦味研究所では切り抜き・色調変更なし。 表示用には幅1200px上限のWebPを配信し、台帳の原画像は上のリンクから確認できます。
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Reading the bitterness
「陳皮」 (in translation: "chenpi"; Japanese reading: chinpi) is a crude-drug name defined by the Japanese Pharmacopoeia for mature peel from unshu mikan or Citrus reticulata Blanco. The chenpi monograph in the Eighteenth Revision describes its properties as 「味は苦くて、僅かに刺激性」 (in translation: "the taste is bitter, with slight pungency"), making bitterness part of the standard. This describes a medicinal crude drug standardized for pharmacopoeial use; it does not survey all dried mikan peels made at home for food.
The Japanese Pharmacopoeia quantifies chenpi quality by its content of hesperidin, a flavonoid, requiring at least 4.0% relative to the calculated dried material. This is a minimum required by the standard, not an average measured in commercial or homemade chenpi. It is a pharmacopoeial quality-control criterion; this source does not establish how much hesperidin contributes to bitterness as food.
Sources for this overview
Checked for this overview: Checked the definition using mature peel of unshu mikan and related sources. / Checked the description 「味は苦くて僅かに刺激性」 (in translation: "the taste is bitter, with slight pungency"). / Checked the pharmacopoeial minimum of 4.0% hesperidin. / Checked that hesperidin is the quantified quality indicator.
Other names: 陳皮 (ja)
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chinpi (Japanese Pharmacopoeia chenpi) →is the mature peel of→ Citrus unshiu Marcowicz
hesperidin →is quality marker for→ chinpi (Japanese Pharmacopoeia chenpi)
chinpi (Japanese Pharmacopoeia chenpi) →— sensory attribute→ bitterness →can be measured separately …→ astringency
Measured values (1)
| Kind | Compound | Target | Value | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| concentration | hesperidin | chinpi (Japanese Pharmacopoeia chenpi) | 4.0 % | Calculated dried material. (A minimum under the Japanese Pharmacopoeia standard (at least), not a measured average.) | 厚生労働省, 2021 |
Values are the reported values of each source (with units and conditions). Thresholds and EC50 depend on the panel and method; they are not single true values.
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Composition and content (4)
Scope: The chenpi entries of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia
Note: This is a record of the crude drug's botanical origin under the Pharmacopoeia, not a classification covering dried mandarin peel used as food in general.
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ingredient-chenpi-jp-pharmacopoeia —is_mature_peel_of→ organism-citrus-unshiuScope: The chenpi entries of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia
Note: Those entries record the mature peel of this species as one of the botanical origins of chenpi.
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organism-citrus-unshiu —provides_material_for→ ingredient-chenpi-jp-pharmacopoeiaScope: The chenpi specification in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia
Note: This is the lower limit of the specification, not the average content or the content distribution of commercial or home-made products.
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ingredient-chenpi-jp-pharmacopoeia —contains→ "A hesperidin content of 4.0% or more, calculated on a dried basis"Scope: The chenpi entries of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia
Note: Recorded as a quantity assessed for quality. This source does not establish its contribution to bitterness as food.
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compound-hesperidin —is_quality_marker_for→ ingredient-chenpi-jp-pharmacopoeiaSensory (1)
Scope: The crude-drug description in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia
Note: The original text states 「味は苦くて，僅かに刺激性」 (in translation: "the taste is bitter, with slight pungency"). This is not an intensity measurement by a food sensory panel.
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ingredient-chenpi-jp-pharmacopoeia —has_sensory_attribute→ sensation-bitter