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curzerene
Sign in to saveCurzerene is a volatile, aromatic terpenoid found in many herbs and spices, such as Curcuma zeodaria. It is a bioactive isolate of Caribbean corals and is also found in myrrh. More specifically it has been found to make up a significant portion - 12.97% - of the smoke produced from burning Commiphora myrrha oleo gum resin. It is also a major component of myrrh oil, which has been shown in vitro to possess anti-inflammatory properties at sub-toxic by inhibiting the production of the inflammatory cytokine IL-6 by human gingival fibroblasts. Anecdotal evidence exists to support the anti-inflammat
Chemical data
- Formula
- C15H20O
- Molecular weight
- 216.32 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (6S)-6-ethenyl-3,6-dimethyl-5-prop-1-en-2-yl-5,7-dihydro-4H-1-benzofuran
- SMILES
- CC1=COC2=C1CC([C@](C2)(C)C=C)C(=C)C
- InChIKey
- HICAMHOOTMOHPA-AWKYBWMHSA-N
- XLogP
- 4.6
- Polar surface area
- 13.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 216.151415
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- chemical formula
- C₁₅H₂₀O
- isomeric SMILES
- CC1=COC2=C1CC([C@](C2)(C)C=C)C(=C)C
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=COC2=C1CC(C(C2)(C)C=C)C(=C)C
- found in taxon
- Curcuma aromatica
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Curzerene is a volatile, aromatic terpenoid found in many herbs and spices, such as Curcuma zeodaria. It is a bioactive isolate of Caribbean corals and is also found in myrrh. More specifically it has been found to make up a significant portion - 12.97% - of the smoke produced from burning Commiphora myrrha oleo gum resin. It is also a major component of myrrh oil, which has been shown in vitro to possess anti-inflammatory properties at sub-toxic by inhibiting the production of the inflammatory cytokine IL-6 by human gingival fibroblasts. Anecdotal evidence exists to support the anti-inflammatory effect of myrrh oil.
Curzerene represents 13.7% of the essential oil extracted from Smyrnium olusatrum, which has demonstrated significant antimicrobial activity in vitro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “curzerene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.