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5,7-dimethoxycoumarin

herbal oxygenated compound

Found in 4 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C11H10O4
Molecular weight
206.19 g/mol
PubChem CID
2775 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor threshold — in a food matrix
192 ppb – 570 ppb median 381 ppb · 2 published values · see all 2 with sources
Volatility
medium
CAS number
487-06-9
Retention index
1934
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.

Published thresholds

2 measured values from the literature. Grouped by what was actually measured — a threshold smelled in clean water, tasted in the mouth, or measured in a real food are three different quantities and are not pooled.

In a food matrix

192 ppb – 570 ppb

Measured in a real food, where the matrix shifts detection — not a clean-water value.

Threshold Matrix Source Paper
192 ppb water (food: unknown) Literature corpus 34136001, 34824643
570 ppb water (food: lemon) Literature corpus 34136001, 34824643

Only values we can attribute are listed. Where a compendium's licence does not permit public attribution its figures are omitted here, so every number on this page traces to a citable source.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin. 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 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin in it.

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