Deteriorates when exposed to air, becomes
semi-liquid, darkens in color and changes
odor.
Mild, rather sweet and very tenacious balsamic-woody odor with an almost floral undertone and a pepperiness which seem to be
apparent only in impure material (possibly
traces of hydrocarbons).
Crystalline solid. Insoluble in water; soluble in alcohol.
Guaiol is a component of guaiac wood oil, terpenol also found in cannabis.
A bicyclic sesquiterpene alcohol found in guaiac wood oil.
(-)-Guaiol can be produced by extraction from Guaiacwood oil
with a volatile solvent, usually Acetone,
Ethanol or Ethylether.
It can also be isolated from the wood of
certain Australian members of the family
Taxodiaceae, particularly the so-called "Murray River Pine".
(-)-Guaiol is a sesquiterpene alcohol which has guaiane skeleton. It naturally occurs in essential oils extracted from Salvia lanigera and Helitta ongifoliata and has antibacterial activity.
