alpha-humulene

Full Material List

(1E,4E,8E)-2,6,6,9-tetramethylcycloundeca-1,4,8-triene

Identifiers

CAS (Single)	6753-98-6
FEMA	N/A
EINECS	229-816-7
Synonyms	a- caryophyllene alpha- caryophyllene 1,4,8- cycloundecatriene, 2,6,6,9-tetramethyl-, (1E,4E,8E)- 1,4,8- cycloundecatriene, 2,6,6,9-tetramethyl-, (E,E,E)- (1E,4E,8E)- humula-1(11),4,8-triene 3,7,10- humulatriene humulene (Â±)-a- humulene (Â±)-alpha- humulene (1E,4E,8E)-a- humulene a- humulene oil clove fraction (alpha humulene 60%) (1E,4E,8E)-2,6,6,9- tetramethyl 1,4,8-cycloundecatriene 1,5,5,8- tetramethyl cycloundeca-3,7,10-triene (1E,4E,8E)-2,6,6,9- tetramethyl-1,4,8-cycloundecatriene (E,E,E)-2,6,6,9- tetramethyl-1,4,8-cycloundecatriene trans,trans,trans-2,6,6,9- tetramethyl-1,4,8-cycloundecatriene 2,6,6,9- tetramethyl-1,4,8-cycloundecatriene (E,E,E)- (1E,4E,8E)-2,6,6,9- tetramethylcycloundeca-1,4,8-triene (E,E,E)-2,6,6-(9- tetrametyl)-1,4,8-cycloundecatriene
JECFA Food Flavoring	N/A
JECFA Food Additive	N/A
DG SANTE Food Flavourings	N/A
DG SANTE Food Contact Materials	N/A
FDA UNII	54W56MD2WD
CoE Number	11004
XlogP3-AA	N/A
Molecular Weight	204.35628
Molecular Formula	C15 H24

Properties

Food Chemicals Codex Listed	No
Appearance	pale yellowish green clear liquid (est)
Assay	95.00 to 100.00
Specific Gravity	0.88900 to 0.89500 @ 25.00 °C.
Lbs/Gal (est)	7.397 to 7.447
Refractive Index	1.49900 to 1.50500 @ 20.00 Â°C.
Melting Point	N/A
Boiling Point	166.00 to 168.00 Â°C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Flash Point	194.00 Â°F. TCC ( 90.00 Â°C. )
Acid Value	N/A
Vapor Pressure	0.008000 mmHg @ 25.00 Â°C. (est)
Vapor Density	N/A
logP (o/w)	6.592 (est)
Soluble In	alcohol water, 0.01396 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) water
Occurrence	allamanda cathartica linn. flower oil brazil @ 0.90% allspice fruit allspice leaf oil allspice seed alpinia galanga oil @ 0.60% amyris wood oil @ <0.10% angelica root oil @ 0.54% angelica seed oil @ 1.30% anise star anise fruit anise star anise seed apple custard apple apple custard apple plant armoise oil morocco @ trace% artemisia campestris spp. glutinosa flower oil italy @ 1.40% artemisia variabilis flower oil italy @ 0.10% artichoke - up to 0.0002 mg/kg baccharis coridifolia oil argentina @ 0.40% basil absolute sweet @ 0.22% basil leaf oil basil oil basil oil CO2 sweet @ 0.62% basil oil sweet @ 6.00% basil oil sweet egypt @ 0.22% basil oil sweet poland @ 0.78% basil oil var. glabratum turkey @ 0.46% basil plant basil shoot oil bay laurel fruit oil bay laurel leaf oil bay leaf oil @ 0.15-1.31% bay leaf oil clove @ 0.2% bergamot oil @ 0.009-0.045% bergamot oil @ 0.04% blood orange oil (citrus sinensis l. var. sanguinello) italy @ 0.006% blood orange oil (citrus sinensis l. var. tarocco) italy @ 0.005% blood orange oil italy @ 0.008% boronia absolute @ 0.03% cabocla flower oil brazil @ 0.80% cajuput oil @ 0.4% cajuput oil vietnam @ 1.6% calamus leaf oil @ 0.07% cananga fruit oil @ trace% cananga leaf oil @ 6.3% cananga odorata oil java @ 9.74% cananga oil china @ 0.27% cardamom fruit oil cardamom seed oil carrot - 0.12 mg/kg carrot leaf oil @ 0.70% carrot root carrot seed oil @ 0.31% carrot seed oil @ 1.13% carrot seed oil spain @ 0.24-0.61% carrot weed oil @ 2.00% cassia bark oil china @ 0.85% cassia leaf oil china @ 0.85% cassia plant cassis bud oil @ trace-2.00% cedrela wood oil @ 2.10% celery leaf celery leaf oil celery leaf oil @ trace% celery seed celery seed oil celery seed oil CO2 extract india @ 0.03% celery seed oil egypt @ 0.13% celery seed oil india @ 0.05% chamomile garden chamomile plant champaca concrete @ trace% cheese - up to 0.12 mg/kg cinnamomum fragrans baillon leaf oil madagascar @ 0.20% cinnamomum fragrans baillon leaf oil madagascar @ 0.90% cinnamon bark oil (cinnamomum zeylanicum blume) india @ 0.28% cinnamon bark oil (cinnamomum zeylanicum blume) sri lauka @ 0.20-0.62% cinnamon bark oil ceylon @ 0.85% cinnamon ceylon cinnamon bark cinnamon ceylon cinnamon leaf cinnamon ceylon cinnamon leaf oil cinnamon ceylon cinnamon root bark cinnamon ceylon cinnamon stem bark cinnamon fruit oil india @ 2.8-3.1% cinnamon leaf oil ceylon @ 0.12% cinnamon twig oil @ 0.19% citronella oil ceylon @ 0.21% citronella oil china @ 0.12% citronella oil java @ 0.13% citronella oil zimbabwe @ 0.43% clary sage oil greece @ 0.10% clausena anisata hook. f. leaf oil @ 0.00-0.73% clove bud oil @ 1.06% clove fruit clove leaf clove leaf oil @ 1.39% clove oil clove stem oil india @ 1.53% cotton oil croton cajucara benth. leaf oil brazil @ 1.40% croton flavens l. (welensali) leaf oil curacao @ 1.50% cubeb oil @ 0.45% currant black currant fruit - up to 0.09 mg/kg currant black currant leaf curry fruit oil india @ 0.60% curry leaf oil india @ 1.20% curry wood leaf oil australia @ 0.50% cypress cone oil egypt @ 0.1% cypress oil @ trace-0.23% echinophora cinerea oil iran @ 0.10% elyonurus muticus (sprengel) o.kuntze leaf oil brazil @ 4.00% erigeron graveolens l. oil iran @ 0.60% eucalyptus globulus bud oil @ trace% eucalyptus globulus fruit oil @ trace% eucalyptus globulus pseudoglobulus oil @ 0.55% featherfew leaf oil @ trace% fennel oil fir needle oil canada @ 0.06-0.60% fir needle oil siberia @ 0.33% fleabane oil @ 0.10% galangal root oil @ 0.11% geranium leaf oil india @ 0.40% geranium oil bourbon @ 0.42% geranium petiole oil india @ 0.30% geranium rose-scented oil (pelargonium spp.) cuba @ 0.70% geranium stem oil india @ 0.30% ginger root grapefruit juice - 0.20 mg/kg grapefruit oil c.p. @ 0.02% grapefruit oil c.p. @ 0.02% grapefruit oil c.p. @ 0.03% grapefruit oil c.p. italy @ 0.03% grapefruit oil c.p. russia @ 0.02% grapefruit oil c.p. russia @ 0.05% grapefruit oil c.p. russia @ 0.08% grapefruit oil c.p. russia @ 0.75% grapefruit oil california @ 0.10% grapefruit oil CO2 extract @ 0.31% guava fruit - up to 1.05 mg/kg guava fruit oil reunion @ 3.20% guava leaf oil cuba @ 3.10% guava pericarp oil helichrysum arenarium (l.) moench oil hungary @ 0.50% helichrysum italicum oil america @ 0.06% hinoki root oil @ 0.39% hinoki wood oil @ 0.03% ho leaf oil @ 0.17% hop oil horsemint shoot hyptis suaveolens (l.) poit. oil mali @ 0.70-1.80% hyssop flower hyssop leaf hyssop oil @ 0.1% hyssop shoot jambu flower oil brazil @ 2.10% juniper berry oil @ 2.20% juniper branch oil @ 1.00% kachur oil @ 0.30% labdanum leaf oil @ trace% laurel leaf oil turkey @ 0.10% lavandin oil abrialis @ 0.43% lavandin oil grosso @ 0.17% lavender oil greece @ 0.25% lavender oil spike france @ 0.16% lavender oil spike spain @ 0.30% lemon balm shoot lemon oil lemon oil california @ 0.02% lemon oil expressed italy @ 1.20% lemon petiole lemon verbena oil turkey @ 0.51% lemongrass oil @ 0.18% lemongrass oil @ 0.19% lime oil distilled mexico @ 0.09% lime oil distilled peru @ 0.08% lime oil expressed florida @ trace% lippia aff. gracillis h.b.k. leaf oil brazil @ 0.50% mace oil east india @ 0.03% mandarin - 0.0004 mg/kg mandarin fruit mandarin oil @ trace% mandarin oil avana @ 0.02% mandarin oil avana @ 0.03% mandarin oil italy @ 0.01% mandarin oil italy @ trace% mandarin oil uruguay @ 0.02% mango fruit - up to 1.30 mg/kg manuka var. eximium oil australia @ 0.40% marjoram oil marjoram oil sweet cuba @ 0.27% marjoram oil sweet cyprus @ 0.20-0.60% marjoram oil sweet iran @ 0.20% marjoram oil sweet morocco @ 0.64% marjoram oil sweet turkey @ 0.00-0.02% marjoram plant marjoram pot oil turkey @ 0.04-0.36% marsypianthes chamaedrys (vahl) kuntze oil brazil @ 4.40% mastic fruit oil @ 0.93% mastic leaf oil @ 2.89% mastic oil @ 0.05% mayur pankh fruit oil himalaya @ 0.30% melissa oil slovak republic @ 0.13% mentha longifolia (l.) huds. oil jordan @ 0.10% mikan peel oil @ 0.10% mikania cordata (burm. f.) b.l. robinson var. cordata leaf oil france @ 6.10% myrrhinium atropurpureum schott leaf oil brazil @ 0.70% myrtle oil @ 0.11% nepeta betonicifolia c.a. meyer oil turkey @ 0.50% neroli bigarde oil france @ trace% niaouli oil egypt @ 0.40% nutmeg - trace amount nutmeg oil ocimum gratissimum l. oil brazil @ 1.43% orange fruit orange juice - up to 0.01 mg/kg orange peel oil bitter china @ 0.02% orange peel oil sweet c.p. blond italy @ 0.004% orange peel oil sweet c.p. blond italy @ 0.004% orange peel oil sweet c.p. blond italy @ 0.005% orange peel oil sweet c.p. blond italy @ 0.005% orange peel oil sweet c.p. blond italy @ 0.006% oregano oil mexico @ 2.10% oregano plant oregano shoot oregano shoot oil orthodon dianthera maxim. oil vietnam @ 23.80% palmarosa oil @ 0.10% parsley leaf oil cuba @ 0.03% parsley leaf oil egypt @ 0.53% pennyroyal oil @ 1.10% pennyroyal oil cuba @ 0.27% pepper black pepper fruit pepper black pepper fruit oil pepper black pepper leaf oil pepper oil black india @ 0.60% pepper tree berry oil @ 0.58% pepper tree leaf oil @ 0.39% peppermint oil CO2 extract @ trace% peppermint oil mongolia @ 0.18% petitgrain bergamot oil @ 0.90% petitgrain bigarade oil @ 0.10% petitgrain combava oil @ trace% petitgrain grapefruit oil @ 0.50% petitgrain mandarin oil @ trace% phlomis fruticosa l. flower oil greece @ 1.20% phoebe oil brazil @ 1.36% pimenta leaf oil @ 10.12% pimenta racemosa leaf oil lemon @ 0.01% pimento berry oil @ 1.1% pimento berry oil CO2 extract jamaica @ 0.2% pine needle oil dwarf @ 0.86% pine needle oil scotch siberia @ 0.1-0.4% pinus laricio poiret leaf oil italy @ 1.60% pinus sylvestris l. needle oil estonia @ 0.50% piper cernum vell. var. cernum yuncker leaf oil brazil @ 0.90% pittosporum spp. fruit oil malaysia @ 0.20% plectranthus glandulosus hook f. leaf oil cameroon @ 0.20% polyalthia australis (benth.) jessup leaf oil australia @ 2.40% prangos uechtritzii boiss. et hausskn. fruit oil turkey @ 0.60% prangos uloptera dc. oil iran @ 1.40% prangos uloptera dc. seed oil iran @ 0.40% protium heptaphyllum (aubl.) march leaf oil brazil @ 8.00% pteronia oil @ 1.20% raspberry red raspberry fruit - trace amount ravintsara leaf oil @ 0.79%% rose oil otto bulgaria @ 0.37% rosemary leaf rosemary oil china @ 0.18% rosemary oil egypt @ 0.83% rosemary oil france @ 0.00-0.94% rosemary oil morocco @ 0.27-5.43% rosemary oil spain @ 0.8% rosemary oil turkey @ 0.25% rosemary sap rosemary shoot rosemary shoot oil rue oil cuba @ 0.03% safflower flower safflower leaf sage leaf sage leaf oil sage oil sage oil albania @ 4.30% sage oil cuba @ 9.72% sage oil dalmatian @ 0.20% sage oil dalmatian @ 4.20% sage oil england @ 0.90% sage oil france @ 0.30% sage oil germany @ 5.73% sage oil hydrodistillation france @ 2.90% sage oil lithuania @ 5.24% sage oil reunion @ 1.60% sage oil spain @ 0.0-1.0% sage oil spain @ 5.00% sage plant salvia atropatana bunge oil iran @ 0.80% salvia lavandulifolia vahl. leaf oil @ 0.60% salvia lavandulifolia vahl. leaf oil spain @ 1.00% salvia officinalis oil cuba @ 9.72% salvia officinalis oil reunion @ 3.61% salvia officinalis seed oil tunisia @ 3.71% salvia sclarea oil @ 0.08% salvia sclarea seed oil tunisia @ 0.08% salvia verbenaca seed oil tunisia @ 0.67% satureja viminea l. oil costa rica @ 1.30% savin oil @ 0.41% savory winter savory oil savory winter savory plant sideritis montana l. oil bulgaria @ 1.60% sideritis scardica l. oil bulgaria @ 2.20% spearmint oil sugandha kokila berry oil @ 1.30% sundacarpus amarus (blume) c.n. page leaf oil australia @ 0.90% tagete oil CO2 extract @ 2.14% tagete oil egypt @ 0.35% tamarind - 0.02 mg/kg tamarind fruit oil tamarind seed oil taxodium distichum (l.) richard branch oil italy @ 0.90% taxodium distichum (l.) richard leaf oil italy @ 0.40% tea - up to 1.20 mg/kg thyme oil portuguese @ trace% thyme oil red CO2 extract @ 0.09% thyme oil red spain @ 0.13-0.23% thyme oil wild or creeping finland @ 0.40% tomato leaf trachyspermum roxburghianum benth. ex. kurz. seed oil india @ trace% turmeric root oil vietnam @ 0.50% valerian root oil @ 0.1-0.9% valerian root oil CO2 extract china @ 0.31% vassoura oil @ 1.90% verbena oil france @ 0.20% witch hazel leaf oil @ 0.05% wormwood flower oil annus america @ 0.01% wormwood leaf oil annus america @ 0.03-0.71% wormwood oil annus france @ 0.00-0.74% wormwood oil cuba @ 0.08% yarrow oil @ trace% yarrow oil greece @ trace% yarrow oil hungary @ 2.50% ylang ylang oil @ 0.74% ylang ylang oil CO2 extract @ 0.99% ylang ylang oil I (cananga odorata hook. f. and thomas.) @ 2.67% ylang ylang oil II (cananga odorata hook. f. and thomas.) @ 3.35% ylang ylang oil III @ 3.62% yuzu leaf oil @ 0.13-0.14% zanthoxylum bracchyacanthum l. leaf oil australia @ 1.60% zanthoxylum nitidum l. leaf oil australia @ 7.20% zanthoxylum ovalifolium l. leaf oil australia @ 0.90% zingiber zerumbet (l.) sm. root oil india @ 0.30% zinnia elegans jacq. flower oil brazil @ 0.80%

Organoleptic

Organoleptic Notes	1. Odor Type: woody woody Odor Description:at 100.00 %. woody Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found).
Odor	woody woody,
Flavor	N/A

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