Nerolidol, also known as peruviol, is a naturally occurring sesquiterpene found in the essential oils of many types of plants and flowers.
Farnesene
The term farnesene refers to a set of six closely related chemical compounds which all are sesquiterpenes.
Artemisinin
Artemisinin, also known as qinghao su (Chinese: 青蒿素), and its semi-synthetic derivatives are a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action of all current drugs against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Cadinene
Cadinene is the trivial chemical name of a number of isomeric hydrocarbons that occur in a wide variety of essential oil-producing plants.
Farnesol
Farnesol is a natural 15-carbon organic compound which is an acyclic sesquiterpene alcohol.
Abscisic acid
Abscisic acid (ABA), also known as abscisin II and dormin, is best known as a plant hormone.
Ionone
The ionones are a series of closely related chemical substances that are part of a group of compounds known as rose ketones, which also includes damascones and damascenones.
Nootkatone
Nootkatone is a natural organic compound and is the most important and expensive aromatic of grapefruit.
Β-Santalol
β-Santalol is an organic compound that is classified as a sesquiterpene.
Caryophyllene
Caryophyllene /ˌkærioʊfɪˈliːn/, or (−)-β-caryophyllene, is a natural bicyclic sesquiterpene that is a constituent of many essential oils, especially clove oil, the oil from the stems and flowers of Syzygium aromaticum (cloves), the essential oil of Cannabis sativa, rosemary, and hops.
Humulene
Humulene, also known as α-humulene or α-caryophyllene, is a naturally occurring monocyclic sesquiterpene (C15H24), containing an 11-membered ring and consisting of 3 isoprene units containing three nonconjugated C═C double bonds, two of them being triply substituted and one being doubly substituted.
Juvabione
Juvabione, historically known as the paper factor, is the methyl ester of todomatuic acid, both of which are sesquiterpenes (C15) found in the wood of true firs of the genus Abies.
Elemene
Elemenes are a group of closely related natural chemical compounds found in a variety of plants.
Delta-Cadinol
δ-Cadinol is an organic compound, a sesquiterpenoid alcohol produced by many plants as well as and some animals and microorganisms.
Α-Vetivone
α-Vetivone is an organic compound that is classified as a sesquiterpene (derived from three isoprene units).
Triptofordin C-2
Triptofordin C-2 is an antiviral isolate of Tripterygium wilfordii.
Cedrol
Cedrol is a sesquiterpene alcohol found in the essential oil of conifers (cedar oil), especially in the genera Cupressus (cypress) and Juniperus (juniper).
Cedrene
Cedrene is a sesquiterpene found in the essential oil of cedar.
Hernandulcin
Hernandulcin is an intensely sweet chemical compound gained from the chiefly Mexican and South American plant Lippia dulcis.
Bisabolene
Bisabolenes are a group of closely related natural chemical compounds which are classified as sesquiterpenes.
Phaseic acid
Phaseic acid is a terpenoid catabolite of abscisic acid.
Cadalene
Cadalene or cadalin (4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethylnaphthalene) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with a chemical formula C15H18 and a cadinane skeleton.
Artemotil
Artemotil (INN; also known as β-arteether), is a fast acting blood schizonticide specifically indicated for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and cerebral malaria cases.
Capsidiol
Capsidiol is a terpenoid compound that accumulates in tobacco Nicotiana tabacum and chili pepper Capsicum annuum in response to fungal infection.
Artemether
Artemether is an antimalarial for the treatment of multiple drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Artesunate
Artesunate (AS) is a medication used to treat malaria.
Zingiberene
Zingiberene is a monocyclic sesquiterpene that is the predominant constituent of the oil of ginger (Zingiber officinale), from which it gets its name.
Indometacin farnesil
Indometacin farnesil (INN) is a prodrug of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indometacin, designed to reduce the occurrence of side-effects by esterification of the carboxyl group on indometacin with farnesol.
Bisabolol
Bisabolol, or more formally α-(−)-bisabolol or also known as levomenol, is a natural monocyclic sesquiterpene alcohol.
Cubebol
Cubebol is a natural sesquiterpene alcohol first identified in cubeb oil.
Ledol
Ledol is a poisonous sesquiterpene that can cause cramps, paralysis, and delirium.
Gyrinal
Gyrinal is an organic chemical compound - an unsaturated ketoaldehyde - with the formula C14H18O3, obtained from the whirligig beetle (the water boatman, Gyrinus natator).
Guaiazulene
Guaiazulene, also azulon or 1,4-dimethyl-7-isopropylazulene, is a dark blue crystalline hydrocarbon.
Vetivazulene
Vetivazulene is an azulene derivate obtained from vetiver oil.
Alpha-Cadinol
α-Cadinol or 10α-hydroxy-4-cadinene is an organic compound, a sesquiterpenoid alcohol.
Amorpha-4,11-diene
Amorpha-4,11-diene is a precursor to artemisinin.
Aristolochene
Aristolochene is a bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi including the cheese mold Penicillium roqueforti.
Copaene
Copaene, or more precisely, α-copaene, is the common (or trivial) chemical name of an oily liquid hydrocarbon that is found in a number of essential oil-producing plants.
Curdione
Curdione is a bio-active isolate of Curcuma wenyujin.
Curzerene
Curzerene is a bioactive isolate of Caribbean corals.
Curzerenone
Curzerenone is an antimicrobial isolate of Lindera pulcherrima.
Germacrene
Germacrenes are a class of volatile organic hydrocarbons, specifically, sesquiterpenes.
Selinene
Selinenes are a group of closely related isomeric chemical compounds which are classified as sesquiterpenes.
Thujopsene
Thujopsene is a natural chemical compound, classified as a sesquiterpene, with the molecular formula C15H24.
Valencene
Valencene is a sesquiterpene that is an aroma component of citrus fruit and citrus-derived odorants.
Farnesyl pyrophosphate
Farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), also known as farnesyl diphosphate (FDP), is an intermediate in both the mevalonate and non-mevalonate pathways used by organisms in the biosynthesis of terpenes, terpenoids, and sterols.
Longifolene
Longifolene is the common (or trivial) chemical name of a naturally occurring, oily liquid hydrocarbon found primarily in the high-boiling fraction of certain pine resins.
Velleral
Velleral (2,2,8-trimethyl-3,3a,8,8a-tetrahydro-1H-azulene-5,6-dicarbaldehyde) is a sesquiterpene dialdehyde found in certain mushrooms, like Lactarius torminosus and Lactarius vellereus, after which it was named.
Onchidal
Onchidal is a naturally occurring toxin produced as a defensive secretion by the mollusc Onchidella binneyi and several other related species in Onchidella,a genus of small, air-breathing sea slugs.
Capnellene
Capnellene is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon derived from Capnella imbricata, a species of soft coral found in Indonesia.
Guaiol
Guaiol or champacol is an organic compound, a sesquiterpenoid alcohol found in several plants, especially in the oil of guaiacum and cypress pine.
Guaiene
Guaienes are a series of closely related natural chemical compounds that have been isolated from a variety of plant sources.
Polygodial
Polygodial is an active constituent of Dorrigo Pepper, Mountain Pepper, Horopito, Canelo, Paracress and Water-pepper.
Petasin
Petasin is a natural chemical compound found in plants of the genus Petasites.
Isocomene
Isocomene is a naturally occurring sesquiterpene first isolated from the rayless golden rod Isocoma wrightii, from which it derives its name.
Α-Santalol
α-Santalol is an organic compound that is classified as a sesquiterpene.
Periplanone B
Periplanone B is a pheromone produced by the female American cockroach, Periplaneta americana.
Botrydial
Botrydial is a phytotoxic sesquiterpene metabolite secreted by the fungus Botrytis cinerea.
Carotol
Carotol was first isolated by scientists Asahina and Tsukamoto in 1925.
Mutisianthol
Mutisianthol is a sesquiterpene compound found in Mutisia homoeantha.
Nardosinone
Nardosinone is a sesquiterpene and chemical constituent of Nardostachys jatamansi.
Norpatchoulenol
Norpatchoulenol is a tricyclic terpenoid found in commercial patchouli extract in small quantities, and thought to contribute significantly to the aroma of patchouli oil.
Patchoulol
Patchoulol or patchouli alcohol (C15H26O) is a sesquiterpene alcohol found in Patchouli.
Santonic acid
Santonic acid is an organic compound containing both carboxylic acid and ketone functionality.
Drimane
Drimane is a bicyclic sesquiterpene.
Germacrone
Germacrone is an antiviral isolate of Geranium macrorrhizum.
Nerolidol, also known as peruviol, is a naturally occurring sesquiterpene found in the essential oils of many types of plants and flowers.
Farnesene
The term farnesene refers to a set of six closely related chemical compounds which all are sesquiterpenes.
Artemisinin
Artemisinin, also known as qinghao su (Chinese: 青蒿素), and its semi-synthetic derivatives are a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action of all current drugs against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Cadinene
Cadinene is the trivial chemical name of a number of isomeric hydrocarbons that occur in a wide variety of essential oil-producing plants.
Farnesol
Farnesol is a natural 15-carbon organic compound which is an acyclic sesquiterpene alcohol.
Abscisic acid
Abscisic acid (ABA), also known as abscisin II and dormin, is best known as a plant hormone.
Ionone
The ionones are a series of closely related chemical substances that are part of a group of compounds known as rose ketones, which also includes damascones and damascenones.
Nootkatone
Nootkatone is a natural organic compound and is the most important and expensive aromatic of grapefruit.
Β-Santalol
β-Santalol is an organic compound that is classified as a sesquiterpene.
Caryophyllene
Caryophyllene /ˌkærioʊfɪˈliːn/, or (−)-β-caryophyllene, is a natural bicyclic sesquiterpene that is a constituent of many essential oils, especially clove oil, the oil from the stems and flowers of Syzygium aromaticum (cloves), the essential oil of Cannabis sativa, rosemary, and hops.
Humulene
Humulene, also known as α-humulene or α-caryophyllene, is a naturally occurring monocyclic sesquiterpene (C15H24), containing an 11-membered ring and consisting of 3 isoprene units containing three nonconjugated C═C double bonds, two of them being triply substituted and one being doubly substituted.
Juvabione
Juvabione, historically known as the paper factor, is the methyl ester of todomatuic acid, both of which are sesquiterpenes (C15) found in the wood of true firs of the genus Abies.
Elemene
Elemenes are a group of closely related natural chemical compounds found in a variety of plants.
Delta-Cadinol
δ-Cadinol is an organic compound, a sesquiterpenoid alcohol produced by many plants as well as and some animals and microorganisms.
Α-Vetivone
α-Vetivone is an organic compound that is classified as a sesquiterpene (derived from three isoprene units).
Triptofordin C-2
Triptofordin C-2 is an antiviral isolate of Tripterygium wilfordii.
Cedrol
Cedrol is a sesquiterpene alcohol found in the essential oil of conifers (cedar oil), especially in the genera Cupressus (cypress) and Juniperus (juniper).
Cedrene
Cedrene is a sesquiterpene found in the essential oil of cedar.
Hernandulcin
Hernandulcin is an intensely sweet chemical compound gained from the chiefly Mexican and South American plant Lippia dulcis.
Bisabolene
Bisabolenes are a group of closely related natural chemical compounds which are classified as sesquiterpenes.
Phaseic acid
Phaseic acid is a terpenoid catabolite of abscisic acid.
Cadalene
Cadalene or cadalin (4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethylnaphthalene) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with a chemical formula C15H18 and a cadinane skeleton.
Artemotil
Artemotil (INN; also known as β-arteether), is a fast acting blood schizonticide specifically indicated for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and cerebral malaria cases.
Capsidiol
Capsidiol is a terpenoid compound that accumulates in tobacco Nicotiana tabacum and chili pepper Capsicum annuum in response to fungal infection.
Artemether
Artemether is an antimalarial for the treatment of multiple drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Artesunate
Artesunate (AS) is a medication used to treat malaria.
Zingiberene
Zingiberene is a monocyclic sesquiterpene that is the predominant constituent of the oil of ginger (Zingiber officinale), from which it gets its name.
Indometacin farnesil
Indometacin farnesil (INN) is a prodrug of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indometacin, designed to reduce the occurrence of side-effects by esterification of the carboxyl group on indometacin with farnesol.
Bisabolol
Bisabolol, or more formally α-(−)-bisabolol or also known as levomenol, is a natural monocyclic sesquiterpene alcohol.
Cubebol
Cubebol is a natural sesquiterpene alcohol first identified in cubeb oil.
Ledol
Ledol is a poisonous sesquiterpene that can cause cramps, paralysis, and delirium.
Gyrinal
Gyrinal is an organic chemical compound - an unsaturated ketoaldehyde - with the formula C14H18O3, obtained from the whirligig beetle (the water boatman, Gyrinus natator).
Guaiazulene
Guaiazulene, also azulon or 1,4-dimethyl-7-isopropylazulene, is a dark blue crystalline hydrocarbon.
Vetivazulene
Vetivazulene is an azulene derivate obtained from vetiver oil.
Alpha-Cadinol
α-Cadinol or 10α-hydroxy-4-cadinene is an organic compound, a sesquiterpenoid alcohol.
Amorpha-4,11-diene
Amorpha-4,11-diene is a precursor to artemisinin.
Aristolochene
Aristolochene is a bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi including the cheese mold Penicillium roqueforti.
Copaene
Copaene, or more precisely, α-copaene, is the common (or trivial) chemical name of an oily liquid hydrocarbon that is found in a number of essential oil-producing plants.
Curdione
Curdione is a bio-active isolate of Curcuma wenyujin.
Curzerene
Curzerene is a bioactive isolate of Caribbean corals.
Curzerenone
Curzerenone is an antimicrobial isolate of Lindera pulcherrima.
Germacrene
Germacrenes are a class of volatile organic hydrocarbons, specifically, sesquiterpenes.
Selinene
Selinenes are a group of closely related isomeric chemical compounds which are classified as sesquiterpenes.
Thujopsene
Thujopsene is a natural chemical compound, classified as a sesquiterpene, with the molecular formula C15H24.
Valencene
Valencene is a sesquiterpene that is an aroma component of citrus fruit and citrus-derived odorants.
Farnesyl pyrophosphate
Farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), also known as farnesyl diphosphate (FDP), is an intermediate in both the mevalonate and non-mevalonate pathways used by organisms in the biosynthesis of terpenes, terpenoids, and sterols.
Longifolene
Longifolene is the common (or trivial) chemical name of a naturally occurring, oily liquid hydrocarbon found primarily in the high-boiling fraction of certain pine resins.
Velleral
Velleral (2,2,8-trimethyl-3,3a,8,8a-tetrahydro-1H-azulene-5,6-dicarbaldehyde) is a sesquiterpene dialdehyde found in certain mushrooms, like Lactarius torminosus and Lactarius vellereus, after which it was named.
Onchidal
Onchidal is a naturally occurring toxin produced as a defensive secretion by the mollusc Onchidella binneyi and several other related species in Onchidella,a genus of small, air-breathing sea slugs.
Capnellene
Capnellene is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon derived from Capnella imbricata, a species of soft coral found in Indonesia.
Guaiol
Guaiol or champacol is an organic compound, a sesquiterpenoid alcohol found in several plants, especially in the oil of guaiacum and cypress pine.
Guaiene
Guaienes are a series of closely related natural chemical compounds that have been isolated from a variety of plant sources.
Polygodial
Polygodial is an active constituent of Dorrigo Pepper, Mountain Pepper, Horopito, Canelo, Paracress and Water-pepper.
Petasin
Petasin is a natural chemical compound found in plants of the genus Petasites.
Isocomene
Isocomene is a naturally occurring sesquiterpene first isolated from the rayless golden rod Isocoma wrightii, from which it derives its name.
Α-Santalol
α-Santalol is an organic compound that is classified as a sesquiterpene.
Periplanone B
Periplanone B is a pheromone produced by the female American cockroach, Periplaneta americana.
Botrydial
Botrydial is a phytotoxic sesquiterpene metabolite secreted by the fungus Botrytis cinerea.
Carotol
Carotol was first isolated by scientists Asahina and Tsukamoto in 1925.
Mutisianthol
Mutisianthol is a sesquiterpene compound found in Mutisia homoeantha.
Nardosinone
Nardosinone is a sesquiterpene and chemical constituent of Nardostachys jatamansi.
Norpatchoulenol
Norpatchoulenol is a tricyclic terpenoid found in commercial patchouli extract in small quantities, and thought to contribute significantly to the aroma of patchouli oil.
Patchoulol
Patchoulol or patchouli alcohol (C15H26O) is a sesquiterpene alcohol found in Patchouli.
Santonic acid
Santonic acid is an organic compound containing both carboxylic acid and ketone functionality.
Drimane
Drimane is a bicyclic sesquiterpene.
Germacrone
Germacrone is an antiviral isolate of Geranium macrorrhizum.
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