Chemical Properties
p-Mentha-1,8-dien-7-al has a powerful fatty–spicy, oily, herbaceous odor.
Occurrence
Reported found in essential oils of bergamot, bilberries, gingergrass, lavender oil, loganberries, spearmint oil,
Scotch spearmint oil, citrus peel oils, citrus juices, guava, blackberry, ginger, tea, calamus, caraway seed and mastic gum leaf oil,
lime juice, lime peel oil, peppermint and black tea.
Uses
(±)-Perillaldehyde can be used as a bateriostatic agent.
Definition
ChEBI: An aldehyde that is cyclohex-1-ene-1-carbaldehyde substituted by a prop-1-en-2-yl group at position 4.
Preparation
By chromic oxidation of perilla alcohol.
Aroma threshold values
Detection: 30 to 62 ppb
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 25 ppm: aromatic, orange, albedo, woody, spicy, waxy, sweet, citrus, lime and
aldehydic.
