trans-caryophyllene oxide

herbal terpenoid

Found in 1 ingredient across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor threshold: 410.0 ppb

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.

Thresholds in published tables

Numbers printed in open-access papers, grouped by the medium the table states. Median and full range of the values; “agree” means two or more papers whose middle 80% of values sit within 100×. Not reviewed.

Medium	Median	Range	Values	Papers	Papers agree?
air	2.75e+04 µg/L air	2.4–5.5e+04	2	2	no (4.4 decades)
ethanol solution	410 ppb	410–410	1	1	one paper
food matrix	410 ppb	410–410	3	2	yes
oil	4000 ppb	4e+03–4e+03	1	1	one paper
unstated	305 ppb	3–7.8e+04	10	9	no (3.2 decades)
water	410 ppb	200–5.5e+03	5	5	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain trans-caryophyllene oxide. 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 trans-caryophyllene oxide in it.

myrtle

plant

60 cmpds

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