alpha-thujene

herbal terpene

Found in 50 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C10H16
Molecular weight: 136.23 g/mol
PubChem CID: 17868 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description: wood, green, herb
Volatility: high
CAS number: 2867-05-2
Retention index: 925

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

α-thujene

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-thujene. 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-thujene in it.

26 cmpds

34 cmpds

34 cmpds

38 cmpds