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Clementine

Citrus· citrus

What it is

Clementine is a hybrid citrus fruit, a cross between a Mediterranean mandarin and Citrus sinensis.

What it tastes like

On the nose: citrus, fruity, pine, floral. Among its measured molecules: lauryl aldehyde, β-Sinensal, trans-carveol, carvone, α-copaene.

Every one of its 15 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

• octanalaromaaldehydereads as fruity (PubChem)Measured in 40 of 341 ingredients.cite

  'some non-terpenoid linear aldehydes such as octanal, decanal, or dodecanal were also rather abundant' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', the sentence beginning 'In addition, some non-terpenoid linear aldehydes...')
• linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the oxygenated monoterpenoids that 'were also among the most abundant compounds' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', the following sentence beginning 'Nevertheless, some oxygenated terpenes...')
• alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 72 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the hydrocarbon terpenes that made up 'a vast majority of the other abundant VOCs' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same paragraph, the sentence beginning 'Most of them were hydrocarbon terpenes such as the monoterpenes...')
• carvonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 13 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the oxygenated monoterpenoids that 'were also among the most abundant compounds' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• α-phellandrenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 29 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the hydrocarbon terpenes that made up 'a vast majority of the other abundant VOCs' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• γ‑terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 44 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the hydrocarbon terpenes that made up 'a vast majority of the other abundant VOCs' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• decanalaromaaldehydereads as citrus (PubChem)Measured in 37 of 341 ingredients.cite

  'some non-terpenoid linear aldehydes such as octanal, decanal, or dodecanal were also rather abundant' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• lauryl aldehydearomaaldehydeMeasured in 3 of 341 ingredients.cite

  'some non-terpenoid linear aldehydes such as octanal, decanal, or dodecanal were also rather abundant' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• terpinen-4-olaromaalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the oxygenated monoterpenoids that 'were also among the most abundant compounds' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• alpha-terpineolaromaalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the oxygenated monoterpenoids that 'were also among the most abundant compounds' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• limonenearomaterpenoidreads as lemon (PubChem)Measured in 92 of 341 ingredients.cite

  'In both varieties all along the 2-month harvest time, the most abundant compound was the hydrocarbon monoterpene limonene (Figure S1)'. No percentage given in the article text; Figure S1 is a chromatogram figure, not a data table — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', opening paragraph on the GC-MS/MVDA metabolomics of Clemenules (NL) and Clemenpons (PO) flavedo EO across two seasons and two locations)
• myrcenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 68 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the hydrocarbon terpenes that made up 'a vast majority of the other abundant VOCs' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• trans-carveolaromaterpenoidMeasured in 7 of 341 ingredients.cite

  named among the oxygenated monoterpenoids that 'were also among the most abundant compounds' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence)
• β-SinensalaromaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 341 ingredients.cite

  the one oxygenated sesquiterpenoid named among the compounds 'also among the most abundant' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence ('...or sesquiterpenoids such as beta-sinensal, were also among the most abundant compounds'))
• α-copaenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 341 ingredients.cite

  the one sesquiterpene named among the hydrocarbon terpenes that made up 'a vast majority of the other abundant VOCs' in both clementine varieties' rind EO — González-Mas et al. 2021, Plants (Section 2 'Results and Discussion', same sentence ('...or the sesquiterpene alpha-copaene'))