• CAS number

    8015-79-0
  • Botanical

    Acorus calamus L., fam. Araceae

Todorova, M.N., Ognyanov, I.V., and Shatar, S., Chemical Composition of Essential Oil from Mongolian Acorus calamus L. Rhizomes, J. Essent. Oil Res., Vol. 7, 191-193 (Mar/Apr 1995)

Compound CAS DB5 Carbowax Proportion
(-)-Acorenone 5956-05-8 1681.5 14.4%
(2R,3R,6S)-3-Ethenyl-3-methyl-2-(1-methylethenyl)-6-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanone 39020-72-9 13.1%
Preisocalamendiol 25645-19-6 12.1%
Sesquiterpenes, oxygen-containing- 1624.0 11.3%
Isoacorone 6168-64-5 5.7%
Bornyl acetate, (-)- 76-49-3 1288.29 1586.14 4.6%
Shyobunone 21698-44-2 3.7%
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (unknown) 1511.0 3.0%
Camphor 76-22-2 1144.86 1517.43 1.5%
Calamendiol 30167-28-3 1.4%
Linalool, (+/-)- 78-70-6 1101.14 1548.57 1.3%
(+)-Delta-Cadinene 483-76-1 1524.14 1755.43 1.3%
Limonene, (+/-)- 138-86-3 1032.0 1196.29 1.1%
4-Terpineol, (+/-)- 562-74-3 1180.57 1600.14 1.1%
Eucalyptol 470-82-6 1033.29 1213.86 1.1%
beta-Farnesene 18794-84-8 1456.29 1665.29 1.0%
alpha-Bergamotene 17699-05-7 1573.29 1.0%
beta-Pinene 127-91-3 979.0 1113.0 0.9%
beta-OCIMENE, (3E)- 3779-61-1 1049.0 1250.14 0.8%
Isomethyleugenol 6379-72-2 1504.25 2158.0 0.8%
alpha-PINENE 80-56-8 940.0 1020.71 0.7%
Myrcene 123-35-3 990.57 1161.14 0.7%
Cadin-4-en-10-ol 481-34-5 1655.0 2200.71 0.7%
alpha-Selinene 473-13-2 1492.5 1721.71 0.7%
beta-Ocimene, (3Z)- 3338-55-4 1038.86 1235.14 0.6%
Camphene 79-92-5 951.57 1071.29 0.5%
Beta-Elemene 515-13-9 1390.57 1587.14 0.5%
Cyclohexene, 4-ethenyl-4-methyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)-1-(1-methylethyl)-, (3R-trans)- 20307-84-0 1335.83 1465.29 0.5%
Shyobunone 21698-44-2 0.5%
(1R,4R)-1,4-dimethyl-7-propan-2-ylidene-1,2,3,4,5,8-hexahydroazulen-6-one 71305-96-9 0.5%
alpha-Terpinene 99-86-5 1019.29 1186.29 0.4%
Copaene 3856-25-5 1379.0 1489.14 0.3%
alpha-PHELLANDRENE 99-83-2 1006.43 1168.43 0.2%
Total 88.0%