MOLECULE
Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Clove.
Major component · the claim says “making up a further 10–40%”
A review reports eugenol as the major compound of clove essential oil, at least half of it, with eugenyl acetate, β-caryophyllene and α-humulene making up a further 10–40%.
Scope: Clove essential oil and extracts; composition, not odour potency, and amounts vary with the extraction method. CLM-CLOVE-001 ↗
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SmellBook lists a molecule only where a VERIFIED claim names it, in the role and scope that claim states. A molecule reported in a smell's evidence is not the whole smell: most smells come from many compounds together, and the studies measured particular samples, such as one cultivar, an essential oil or a cooked product.
Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:alpha-humulene · Graph record (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). α-humulene (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:alpha-humulene. https://smellbook.com/molecules/alpha-humulene
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.