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  • noun organic chemistry Any of several isomeric monoterpenes found in many plants

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Examples

  • A true challenge indeed, when you cannot use Benzyl acetate; not to mention (E)-ocimene, linalool, asmine lactone, or gamma-decalactone (used to create gardenia headspace).

    GiGi: Grand Gardenia Sans the Drama Ayala Sender 2008

  • A true challenge indeed, when you cannot use Benzyl acetate; not to mention (E)-ocimene, linalool, asmine lactone, or gamma-decalactone (used to create gardenia headspace).

    Archive 2008-04-01 Ayala Sender 2008

  • E-ocimene is the most dominant in the makeup of the scent, yet it is the furanoid terpene aldehyde , AKA lilac aldehyde, benzyl methyl ether

    Archive 2007-04-01 Ayala Sender 2007

  • E-ocimene is the most dominant in the makeup of the scent, yet it is the furanoid terpene aldehyde , AKA lilac aldehyde, benzyl methyl ether

    After My Own Heart Ayala Sender 2007

  • Early research concluded that flowering tops from Tanzania contained 0.4% of an oil rich in ocimene.

    Chapter 7 1991

  • The mango's sweet taste is caused by the presence of some 400 fragrant compounds from the terpenes family, particularly delta-3-carene, ocimene, myrcene and terpinolene, which give the mango a unique and very distinct flavour.

    London Free Press 2010

  • The research team studied the strength of the plant's "cry for help" through a chemical analysis of the plant odour blend and found that one of the odour components (beta-ocimene) is produced in much lower quantities if the plant is not only attacked by spider mites, but also by whiteflies.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • When the researchers added ocimene to the odour of plants which were attacked by both species, the attraction of predatory mites was restored.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

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