Ocimene CAS #13877-91-3

β-Ocimene is a monoterpene that has been located in a range of flora and is a unstable compound worried in plant-plant signaling and plant protection in opposition to pests. It is emitted by using tea (C. sinensis) plant life in response to a jasmonic acid mixed with mechanical injury (JAMD) mannequin of herbivore attack. β-Ocimene reduces the variety of winged aphids (M. persicae) that settle on Chinese cabbage and the feeding time and range of nymphs produced by using aphids on leaves. The aphid endoparasitoid A. gifuensis demonstrates a choice for β-ocimene-treated Chinese cabbage over manipulate flora in a wind tube two-choice test. β-Ocimene (100-1,000 ppm) additionally has antioxidant recreation in a thiobarbituric acid reactive resources (TBARS) assay.