Unequivocal Identification of 1-Phenylethyl Acetate in Clove Buds (syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. &amp; L.M.Perry) and Clove Essential Oil

Klaus Gassenmeier; Hugo Schwager; Eric Houben; Robin Clery

doi:10.3390/foods6070046

Foods (Jun 2017)

Unequivocal Identification of 1-Phenylethyl Acetate in Clove Buds (syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry) and Clove Essential Oil

Klaus Gassenmeier,
Hugo Schwager,
Eric Houben,
Robin Clery

Affiliations

Klaus Gassenmeier: Givaudan (Schweiz) AG, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
Hugo Schwager: Givaudan (Schweiz) AG, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
Eric Houben: Givaudan Nederland BV, GP Naarden 1411, Netherlands
Robin Clery: Givaudan (Schweiz) AG, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods6070046
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 7
p. 46

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The natural occurrence of 1-phenylethyl acetate (styrallyl acetate) was confirmed in commercially available dried clove buds and also in the hydrodistilled oil from clove buds. This confirms previous reports and other anecdotal evidence for its occurrence in nature.

Published in Foods

ISSN: 2304-8158 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods

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