.alpha.-cubebene

woody sesquiterpene

Found in 20 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C15H24
Molecular weight: 204.35 g/mol
PubChem CID: 442359 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description: herb, herbal, wax, waxy
Volatility: medium

Not in FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. Of 3,367 listed flavoring substances, none match this compound name. May still be food-safe under other regulatory routes (FDA 21 CFR 172, EFSA, JECFA) — check femaflavor.org for the authoritative current list.

How this molecule is described

Sources disagree about odour more often than they disagree about chemistry. Rather than show one answer, here is every description on file with how many ingredient records carry it.

Also filed as

alpha-cubebene

Same molecule, unified here — previously counted and displayed as separate compounds.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain .alpha.-cubebene. Ingredients with a measured concentration come first, ranked by odour activity; the rest follow by how large a share of that ingredient's profile this molecule is. The figure beside each is how many different compounds that ingredient has in total — not the concentration of .alpha.-cubebene in it.

221 cmpds

226 cmpds

233 cmpds

239 cmpds