Eremophilene is a component of Alpinia oxyphylla essential oil used widely in the In vitro cytotoxicity of human cancer cell lines, and also with great potentials for the food and pharmaceutical industry.
ChEBI: (-)-eremophilene is a member of the classs of octahydronaphthalenes and a sesquiterpene that is 1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydronaphthalene which is substituted by an isopropenyl group at position 3 and by methyl groups at positions 4a and 5 (the 3R,4aR,5S- diastereoisomer). It is a member of octahydronaphthalenes, a polycyclic olefin and a sesquiterpene. It is an enantiomer of a (+)-eremophilene.
