Chemical Properties
Myrtenol has a camphoraceous, minty, medicinal, woody odor
Occurrence
Reported found in cranberry, bilberry, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, Virginia tobacco, mandarin and lime
peel oil, melon, ginger, peppermint and Scotch spearmint oil, pepper, parsley, Gruyere cheese, hop oil, Bourbon vanilla, cognac, tea,
laurel, myrtle leaf, myrtle oil, buchu oil, lemon balm, lamb’s lettuce, Roman chamomile oil, eucalyptus oil and mastic gum and leaf oil.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 50 ppm: cooling, minty, camphoraceous, green mentholic spice with a medicinal nuance.
