Tagetes Tagetone

Tagetes meal and extract Tagetes oil Tagetone [6752-80-3] Tagonis... 

Methyl-5-hepten-2-one is an important intermediate in the synthesis of terpenoids. Its odor properties are not impressive. It occurs in nature as a decomposition product of terpenes. Tagetone [6752-80-3] is a major component of tagetes oil. Solanone [1937-45-8] and pseudoionone [141-10-6] are acyclic Cn ketones with a terpenoid skeleton. Solanone is one of the flavor-determining constituents of tobacco, pseudoionone is an intermediate in the synthesis of ionones. 

Tagetes erecta L. Chou Fu Yong (Marigold) (leaf, flower) Alpha-terthienyl, d-limonene, 1-linalool, tagetone, n-nonyl aldehyde.50 Treat sores and ulcers, cold, conjuctivitis, cough, mastitis, mumps. 

Analysis of Tagetes minuta. L. (Compositae) revealed the presence of cis- (40a) and trans- (40b) -ocimenones (= tagetenones), in addition to the previously known tagetones and dihydrotagetones. The new compounds were synthesized by treatment of a mixture of 3-methylbut-2-enoyl chloride and isoprene with a Lewis acid, e.g. SbClg. ... 

Fig. 5. Cromatograms of Tagetes minuta essential oil from a) leaves non-bloomed plant h) leaves bloomed plant and c) flowers. Components P-phelandrene (1), hmonene (2), P-ocimene (3), dihydrotagetone (4), tagetone (5) and tagetenone (6).

Tagetes oil Tagetes minuta Herb SD cw-ocimene, dihydrota-getone, tagetone, cis- and trans-ocimenones... 

Tagetes oil from T. minuta contains tagetones, ocimene, P-myrcene, linalool, limonene, a- and P-pinenes, carvone, citral, camphene, and salicylaldehyde as major components, with phenylethanol, valeric acid, ocimenones [e.g., (5 )-ocimenone], geraniol, /)-cymene, sabinene, cineole, linalyl acetate, linalool monoxide, aromadendrene, and a-terpineol, among others. " ... 

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