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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
4-Carvomenthenol |
| Synonym(s) |
1-Methyl-4-isopropyl-1-cyclohexene-4-ol
Origanol
4-Terpinenol
Terpineol
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2000 (Session 55)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
p-Menth-1-en-4-ol
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| JECFA number |
439 |
| CAS number |
562-74-3
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| FEMA number |
2248
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| COE number |
2229
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
154.25 |
| Chemical formula |
C10H18O
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless, oily liquid with a warm-peppery, mildly earthy, musty-woody odour |
| Solubility |
slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohols and oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
212 (d-isomer) |
| Assay min % |
96 |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.478 (24°) |
| Specific gravity |
0.921 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img_add8/439.gif
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