p-Mentha-1,8-dien-7-al has a powerful fatty–spicy, oily, herbaceous odor.
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.
(±)-Perillaldehyde can be used as a bateriostatic agent.
ChEBI: An aldehyde that is cyclohex-1-ene-1-carbaldehyde substituted by a prop-1-en-2-yl group at position 4.
By chromic oxidation of perilla alcohol.
Taste characteristics at 25 ppm: aromatic, orange, albedo, woody, spicy, waxy, sweet, citrus, lime and
aldehydic.
