yakuchinone

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

Ambiguous name

“yakuchinone” does not identify one molecule. Yakuchinone A and B are distinct compounds, not isomers — they differ by two hydrogens (C20H24O3 vs C20H22O3). A name that does not say which was measured cannot be given either formula.

Could be any of

yakuchinone A · CAS 78954-23-1 · C20H24O3 · PubChem 133145

yakuchinone B · CAS 81840-57-5 · C20H22O3 · PubChem 6440365

Candidates from PubChem PUG-REST, fetched 2026-08-08.

We assign no CAS number, structure or odour threshold to this entry. Guessing one would make the record look more certain than the evidence is.

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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.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain yakuchinone. 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 yakuchinone in it.

alpinia

plant

65 cmpds

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