Humulene

• Formula: C₁₅H₂₄
• Molecular weight: 204.3511
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C15H24/c1-13-7-5-8-14(2)10-12-15(3,4)11-6-9-13/h6-7,10-11H,5,8-9,12H2,1-4H3/b11-6+,13-7+,14-10+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FAMPSKZZVDUYOS-HRGUGZIWSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 6753-98-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: α-Caryophyllene; 1,4,8-Cycloundecatriene, 2,6,6,9-tetramethyl-, (E,E,E)-; α-Humulene; Cycloundeca-1,4,8-triene,2,6,6,9-tetramethyl-, (E,E,E)-; 2,6,6,9-Tetramethyl-1,4,8-cycloundecatriene-, (1E,4E,8E)-; α-Humulenen; α-Humulene (α-caryophyllene); α-Humullene; (E)-α-Caryophyllene; α-Humulen
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References

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Lorenzo, Paz, et al., 2005
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Oliveira, Campos, et al., 2005
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Sacchetti, Maietti, et al., 2005
Sacchetti, G.; Maietti, S.; Muzzoli, M.; Scaglianti, M.; Manfredini, S.; Radice, M.; Bruni, R., Comparative evaluation of 11 essential oils of different origin as functional antioxidants, antiradicals and antimicrobials in foods, Food Chem., 2005, 91, 4, 621-632, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.06.031 . [all data]

Zheng, Kim, et al., 2005
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Frizzo, Lorenzo, et al., 2004
Frizzo, C.D.; Lorenzo, D.; Dellacassa, E., Composition and seasonal variation of the essential oils from two mandarin cultivars of Southern Brazil, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2004, 52, 10, 3036-3041, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf030685x . [all data]

Helmig, Bocquet, et al., 2004
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Lorenzo, D.; Paz, D.; Davies, P.; Villamil, J.; Vila, R.; Cañigueral, S.; Dellacassa, E., Characterization and enantiomeric distribution of some terpenes in the essential oil of a Uruguayan biotype of Salvia sclarea L., Flavour Fragr. J., 2004, 19, 4, 303-307, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1282 . [all data]

Sacchetti, Medici, et al., 2004
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Lorenzo, Loayza, et al., 2003
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Mockute and Judzentiene, 2003
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Azevedo, Campos, et al., 2002
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Lorenzo, Paz, et al., 2002
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Cavalli, Ranarivelo, et al., 2001
Cavalli, J.-F.; Ranarivelo, L.; Ratsimbason, M.; Bernardini, A.-F.; Casanova, J., Constituents of the essential oil of six Helichrysum species from Madagascar, Flavour Fragr. J., 2001, 16, 4, 253-256, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.994 . [all data]

Lorenzo, Dellacassa, et al., 2001
Lorenzo, D.; Dellacassa, E.; Bonaccorsi, I.; Mondello, L., Uruguayan essential oils. Composition of leaf oil of Myrcianthes cisplatensis (Camb.) Berg. ('Guayabo colorado') (Myrtaceae), Flavour Fragr. J., 2001, 16, 2, 97-99, https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200103/04)16:2<97::AID-FFJ952>3.0.CO;2-C . [all data]

Lorenzo, Paz, et al., 2001
Lorenzo, D.; Paz, D.; Davies, P.; Vila, R.; Canigueral, S.; Dellacassa, E., Composition of a new essential oil type of Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown from Uruguay, Flavour Fragr. J., 2001, 16, 5, 356-359, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1011 . [all data]

Lorenzo, Saavedra, et al., 2001
Lorenzo, D.; Saavedra, G.; Loayza, I.; Dellacassa, E., Composition of the essential oil of Erechtites hieracifolia from Bolivia, Flavour Fragr. J., 2001, 16, 5, 353-355, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1010 . [all data]

Eri, Khoo, et al., 2000
Eri, S.; Khoo, B.K.; Lech, J.; Hartman, T.G., Direct thermal desorption-gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry profiling of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) essential oils in support of varietal characterization, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2000, 48, 4, 1140-1149, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf9911850 . [all data]

Isidorov, Krajewska, et al., 2000
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Lorenzo, Dellacassa, et al., 2000
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Steinhaus and Schieberle, 2000
Steinhaus, M.; Schieberle, P., Comparison of the most odor-active compounds in fresh and dried hop cones (Humulus lupulus L. variety Spalter Select) based on GC-olfactometry and odor dilution techniques, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2000, 48, 5, 1776-1783, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf990514l . [all data]

Chanegriha, Baaliouamer, et al., 1998
Chanegriha, N.; Baaliouamer, A.; Rolando, C., Polarity changes during capillary gas chromatographic and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis using serially coupled columns of different natures and temperature programming. Application to the identification of constituents of essential oils, J. Chromatogr. A, 1998, 819, 1-2, 61-65, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(98)00449-X . [all data]

Mondello, Dugo, et al., 1995
Mondello, L.; Dugo, P.; Basile, A.; Dugo, G., Interactive use of linear retention indices, on polar and apolar columns, with a MS-library for reliable identification of complex mixtures, J. Microcolumn Sep., 1995, 7, 6, 581-591, https://doi.org/10.1002/mcs.1220070605 . [all data]

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