Cubenol was used for biological study of antioxidant and antimicrobial activity and comparison of cinnamon leaf and bark essential oils and oleoresins. Cubenol was one of the major components of essential oils isolated from the aerial parts of Artemisia absinthium, Artemisia santonicum and Artemisia spicigera.
ChEBI: (-)-cubenol is a sesquiterpenoid that is (8aS)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,8a-octahydronaphthalene substituted by an isopropyl group at position 1, methyl groups at positions 4 and 7, and by a hydroxy group at position 4a (the 1S,4R,4aR,8aR-diastereoisomer). It has a role as a volatile oil component, a plant metabolite and an acaricide. It is a member of octahydronaphthalenes, a tertiary alcohol and a sesquiterpenoid.
