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Colorless to pale yellow crystals; minty buchu leaves, black currant aroma

Reported found in buchu leaf and buchu leaf oil (22.3%).

Has occasionally found use in flavor compositions, years ago in various toothpaste flavor compositions, but the author believes that the use of Diosphenol in flavors has been practically abandoned. The natural oil, Buchu leaf oil, is still used in various types of Mint flavor, particularly in Europe and South Africa.

ChEBI: A cyclic monoterpene ketone that is cyclohex-2-en-1-one substituted by a hydroxy group at position 2, a methyl group at position 3 and an isopropyl group at position 6.

High strength odor, herbal type; recommend smelling in a 0.1% solution or less

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 79, p. 4465, 1957 DOI: 10.1021/ja01573a059