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Herbal liqueur

Spirits & brews· liqueur

Every one of its 13 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

• caprylic acidaromaacidreads as slight odor (PubChem)Measured in 21 of 338 ingredients.cite

  9.72 ± 2.87 % w/w of total volatiles, the third-largest constituent and the only fatty acid in the table; odour given as 'Faint, fruity-acid' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'Octanoic acid' (RI 1172))
• 1,8-cineolearomaterpenoidreads as camphor-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite

  35.11 ± 2.81 % w/w of total volatiles — by a wide margin the largest constituent measured in this herbal liqueur; the paper's own odour column gives 'Eucalyptus, camphor-like' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7 (Chemical composition, % w/w of total volatiles, by GC-FID of n-hexane extract obtained from the aromatic myrtle herbal liqueur 'Mirtamaro'), row '1,8-Cineole' (RI 1035))
• linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite

  2.81 ± 0.03 % w/w of total volatiles; odour given as 'Floral, sweet, spicy, woody, green' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'Linalool' (RI 1098))
• carvonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 13 of 338 ingredients.cite

  5.16 ± 0.32 % w/w of total volatiles; odour given as 'Spicy, mint, green' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'Carvone' (RI 1242))
• estragolearomaetherreads as sweet taste reminiscent of anise (differing from anethole) (PubChem)Measured in 10 of 338 ingredients.cite

  13.73 ± 1.85 % w/w of total volatiles, the second-largest constituent; odour given as 'Spicy, green, herbal, fennel, anise' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'Methyl chavicol' (RI 1195))
• o-cymenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite

  1.12 ± 0.23 % w/w of total volatiles; the one row of the table for which the paper records no odour description — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'orto-cymene' (RI 1027))
• terpinen-4-olaromaalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 338 ingredients.cite

  3.26 ± 0.19 % w/w of total volatiles; odour given as 'Pine' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'Terpinen-4-ol' (RI 1179))
• γ-terpineolaromaterpenoidMeasured in 4 of 338 ingredients.cite

  1.77 ± 0.05 % w/w of total volatiles; odour given as 'Lilac' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'gamma-terpineol' (RI 1201))
• fenchonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite

  5.30 ± 0.38 % w/w of total volatiles; odour given as 'Camphor-like, fresh, woody' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'Fenchone' (RI 1089))
• alpha-terpineolaromaalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 338 ingredients.cite

  5.65 ± 0.26 % w/w of total volatiles; odour given as 'Floral, lilac' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'alpha-terpineol' (RI 1192))
• α-thujenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite

  0.26 ± 0.02 % w/w of total volatiles, the smallest identified constituent; odour given as 'Woody, green, herbal' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'alpha-thujene' (RI 940))
• limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite

  3.10 ± 0.39 % w/w of total volatiles; odour given as 'Citrus-like, orange, fresh, sweet' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row 'Limonene' (RI 1032))
• anetholaromaetherreads as sweet taste (PubChem)Measured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite

  0.87 ± 0.34 % w/w of total volatiles; odour given as 'Anise, licorice, medicinal' — Rosa et al. 2023, Nutrients (Table 7, row '(E)-Anethole' (RI 1283))