Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII V96I2PX4L5 · registered name .BETA.-OCIMENE · mixture
Cosmetic roles
Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
OCIMENEINCI오시멘Korean label name (MFDS standard)1,3,6-Octatriene, 3,7-dimethyl-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 13877-91-3
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 237-641-2
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID70274135
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID1027051
- IUPAC
- 3,7-Dimethylocta-1,3,6-triene
- Molecular formula
- C10H16
- Molecular weight
- 136.238 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 18 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Fragrance16
- Flavouring and nutrient2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
Classed as low1
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) 24th April 2002 according to EU Method B.42 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) 30 May 2008
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Effect of Hydrodistillation Time on the Composition and Bioactivities of Melicope pteleifolia Leaf Essential Oils · 2026
- Comparison of volatile oil compositions of five Narcissus (Narcissus tazetta L.) varieties extracted · 2025
- Creation of New Oregano Genotypes with Different Terpene Chemotypes via Inter- and Intraspecific Hybridization · 2023
- Untargeted metabolomics approach of essential oils to differentiate five Ocimum species and their anti-choline-sterase and anti-tyrosinase activity · 2023
- Fragrance and color production by corona and perianth tissues of Iranian narcissus genotypes (Narcissus tazetta L.) · 2023
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata