A C15 terpene.
Member | Definition | Role |
alpha-bergamotene | A sesquiterpene consisting of a bicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene skeleton substituted at positions 2 and 6 by methyl groups and at position 6 by a 4-methylpent-3-en-1-yl group. | alpha-bergamotene |
alpha-curcumene | A sesquiterpene that is 2-methyl-2-heptene in which one of the hydrogens at position 6 is substituted by a p-tolyl group. | alpha-curcumene |
amorpha-4,11-diene | | amorpha-4,11-diene |
cadinane | A sesquiterpene consisting of decalin having two methyl substituents at the 1- and 6-positions, an isopropyl substituent at the 4-position and (1S,4S,4aS,6S,8aS)-configuration. | cadinane |
cedrene | A sesquiterpene that is cedrane which has a double bond between positions 8 and 9. | cedr-8-ene |
drimane | | drimane |
epi-isozizaene | | (+)-epi-isozizaene |
eudesmane | | eudesmane |
germacrene a | | germacrene A |
guaiane | | guaiane |
guaiazulene | | guaiazulene |
guaiene | | beta-Guaiene |
pentalenene | | pentalenene |
sativene | A sesquiterpene that is octahydro-1H-1,4-methanoindene bearing methyl, isopropyl and methylene substituents at positions 4, 7 and 8 respectively (the 1R,3aS,4R,7R,7aR-isomer). | sativene |
trichodiene | | trichodiene |
valencene | A carbobicyclic compound and sesquiterpene that is 1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydronaphthalene which is substituted a prop-1-en-2-yl group at position 3 and by methyl groups at positions 4a and 5 (the 3R,4aS,5R- diastereoisomer). | (+)-valencene |
zingiberene | 2-Methylcyclohexa-1,3-diene in which a hydrogen at the 5 position is substituted (R configuration) by a 6-methyl-hept-5-en-2-yl group (S configuration). It is a sesquiterpene found in the dried rhizomes of Indonesian ginger, Zingiber officinale. | zingiberene |