| Description | Germacrene belongs to the class of organic compounds known as germacrane sesquiterpenoids. These are sesquiterpenoids having the germacrane skeleton, with a structure characterized by a cyclodecane ring substituted with an isopropyl and two methyl groups. Thus, germacrene is considered to be an isoprenoid lipid molecule. Germacrene is found in Eupatorium adenophorum , Ajuga chamaepitys, Ambrosia trifida, Aristolochia elegans, Arum maculatum, Aspergillus candidus, Atalantia buxifolia, Azadirachta indica , Barnadesia spinosa, Bellis perennis, Callicarpa japonica, Centaurea atropurpurea, Centaurea orientalis, Chromolaena odorata, Cinnamomum camphora , Cistus creticus, Citrus aurantiifolia, Citrus junos , Citrus grandis , Citrus paradise x Poncirus trifoliata, Citrus reticulata , Citrus sinki x Poncirus trifoliata, Poncirus trifoliata , Commiphora myrrha, Croton argyrophyllus, Croton micans, Croton ovalifolius, Cunila microcephala, Curcuma aeruginosa , Curcuma aromatica , Cymbopogon martinii, Cyperus rotundus L. , Entandrophragma cylindricum, Eugenia uniflora, Fortunella margarita , Frullania fragilifolia, Frullania tamarisci, Guatteriopsis blepharophylla, Gynoxys buxifolia, Hedyosmum bonplandianum, Humulus lupulus, Mesosphaerum suaveolens, Juniperus communis, Lepidozia reptans, Lepidozia vitrea, Marchantia quadrata, Matricaria chamomilla, Melissa officinalis, Mentha pulegium, Mikania cordifolia, Murraya exotica , Murraya paniculata , Ocimum basilicum , Origanum vulgare, Pelargonium endlicherianum, Persea americana, Petasites albus , Petasites hybridus , Peucedanum zenkeri, Phyla dulcis, Pinus sylvestris , Piper fimbriulatum, Piper nigrum , Pogostemon cablin, Poncirus trifoliate x Citrus sinensis, Porophyllum angustissimum, Prangos heyniae, Prangos uechtritzii, Protium heptaphyllum, Salvia absconditiflora, Salvia atropatana, Salvia nemorosa, Salvia pomifera, Salvia superba, Santolina chamaecyparissus, Saussurea lappa , Sideritis tragoriganum, Solidago canadensis, Tagetes minuta, Teucrium sandrasicum, Thymus broussonetti, Thymus longicaulis, Thymus maroccanus, Thymus praecos, Valeriana officinalis , Vitex agnus-castus, Xylopia aethiopica , Xylopia rubescens, Zingiber officinale and Zinnia elegans. Germacrene is a very hydrophobic molecule, practically insoluble (in water), and relatively neutral. |
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| Structure | CC(C)=C1CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\C1 InChI=1S/C15H24/c1-12(2)15-10-8-13(3)6-5-7-14(4)9-11-15/h6,9H,5,7-8,10-11H2,1-4H3/b13-6+,14-9+ |
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| (1E,5E)-8-Isopropylidene-1,5-dimethylcyclodeca-1,5-diene | ChEBI | | (e,e)-Germacra-1(10),4,7(11)-triene | ChEBI | | 1,5-Dimethyl-8-(1-methylethylidene)-1,5-cyclodecadiene | ChEBI | | Germacra-1(10),4,7(11)-triene | ChEBI | | Germacrene b | ChEBI | | (e,e)-Germacrene b | Kegg | | (e,e)-1,5-Dimethyl-8-(1-methylethylidene)-1,5-cyclodecadiene | Kegg | | (1E,5E)-1,5-Dimethyl-8-(1-methylethylidene)-1,5-cyclodecadiene | PhytoBank |
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