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S-(+)-Carvone is the principal constituent (60–70%) of the oil from caraway seeds (Carum carvi), [8] which is produced on a scale of about 10 tonnes per year. [3] It also occurs to the extent of about 40–60% in dill seed oil (from Anethum graveolens), and also in mandarin orange peel oil.
In chemistry, racemization is a conversion, by heat or by chemical reaction, of an optically active compound into a racemic (optically inactive) form. This creates a 1:1 molar ratio of enantiomers and is referred to as a racemic mixture (i.e. contain equal amount of (+) and (−) forms).
A single Adderall dose combines the neutral sulfate salts of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine, with the dextro isomer of amphetamine saccharate and D/L-amphetamine aspartate monohydrate. The original Benzedrine was a racemic mixture, and isolated dextroamphetamine was later introduced to the market as Dexedrine.
Levopropoxyphene is an antitussive.It is an optical isomer of dextropropoxyphene.The racemic mixture is called propoxyphene.Only the dextro-isomer (dextropropoxyphene) has an analgesic effect; the levo-isomer appears to exert only an antitussive effect.
Levmetamfetamine is excreted in urine 40.8 to 49.0% as unchanged levmetamfetamine and 2.1 to 3.3% as levoamphetamine. [2] [4] [3] The mean elimination half-life of levmetamfetamine ranges between 10.2 and 15.0 hours. [2] [4] For comparison, the elimination half-life of dextromethamphetamine was around 10.2 to 10.7 hours in the same studies.
In 1908, it was reported that exposure of carvone to "Italian sunlight" for one year gives carvone-camphor. [2] Subsequent investigations demonstrated the utility of the photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition of enones to alkenes, requiring only "sunlight in California for 6.5 months". [3] [4]
Dextropropoxyphene [5] is an analgesic in the opioid category, patented in 1955 [6] and manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company.It is an optical isomer of levopropoxyphene.It is intended to treat mild pain and also has antitussive (cough suppressant) and local anaesthetic effects.
Levomethorphan (LVM) (INN, BAN) is an opioid analgesic of the morphinan family that has never been marketed. [2] It is the L-stereoisomer of racemethorphan (methorphan). [2] The effects of the two isomers of racemethorphan are quite different, with dextromethorphan (DXM) being an antitussive at low doses and a dissociative hallucinogen at much higher doses. [3]