beta-Vetivenene is a sesquiterpene hydrocarbon closely associated with vetiver root oil and is best supported in the public literature as a marker of vetiver identity, odor character, and regional composition. Direct constituent-level bioactivity evidence is limited but not absent: a 2005 in vitro paper isolated beta-vetivenene from vetiver oil and reported strong antioxidant activity alongside the vetivones. For AromaForge, it is best described as a vetiver marker constituent with modest preclinical antioxidant evidence and otherwise thin standalone pharmacology.
Chemical identity and composition
Live identity sources map beta-vetivenene to PubChem CID 14475467, formula C15H24, and a sesquiterpene-hydrocarbon structure also linked in public synonym lists to beta-vetispirene. NIST presents the same structure under beta-Vetivenene and lists beta-vetivene as a stereoisomer name, while The Good Scents Company uses beta-vetivene / vetivenene wording and notes the material as a natural extractive with no clear CAS on its own page.
Aroma and practical use
- Use the recorded woody, dry, earthy, vetiver-like descriptors to explore a blend's scent character; perceived strength also depends on the other ingredients.
- Read the route, preparation and experimental context before using a study finding to choose an oil.
Reported benefits and effects
Findings retain their study context. An animal or laboratory result describes that experiment.
antioxidant related research
The 2005 J Agric Food Chem abstract states that beta-vetivenene, beta-vetivone, and alpha-vetivone were isolated from crude vetiver oil after showing strong antioxidant activities in the assay workflow.
Measured: strong antioxidant activity among isolated constituents
This experimental finding does not establish benefit, dose or safety in people using this blend.
vetiver marker constituent
A 2012 abstract on south Indian vetiver oils reported beta-vetivenene at 0.9-9.4% across four root-oil samples and listed it among the important compounds contributing to characteristic vetiver odor.
Measured: identification and abundance across four locations
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
Use concerns and concentration limits
Sensitization concernNot flagged
Not flagged in the current model. This is not proof of absence or unrestricted safety.
Phototoxicity concernNot flagged
Not flagged in the current model. This is not proof of absence or unrestricted safety.
Oxidation concernNot flagged
Not flagged in the current model. This is not proof of absence or unrestricted safety.
Penetration enhancementNot flagged
Not flagged in the current model. This is not proof of absence or unrestricted safety.
No numeric constituent-specific use limit is available here. Missing is not an unrestricted-use clearance.
No constituent-specific human clinical safety studies, IFRA restriction, or modern dermal-limit source for isolated beta-vetivenene were verified in the reviewed public sources.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
No direct public citation is attached to this entry.
The Good Scents Company entry for beta-vetivene / vetivenene does not provide a robust toxicology dossier and should not be treated as equivalent to a regulatory safety monograph.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
No direct public citation is attached to this entry.
Because public evidence is dominated by occurrence chemistry and one antioxidant abstract, archive copy should avoid implying validated therapeutic or toxicological certainty for isolated beta-vetivenene.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
No direct public citation is attached to this entry.
Constituents it may interact with
No constituent-pair interaction is recorded for this identity. The report does not assume either amplification or incompatibility.
How the effects were investigated
free radical scavenging signal
The direct bioactivity paper available for beta-vetivenene links it to strong antioxidant activity in vetiver-oil constituent isolation assays, supporting an assay-level free-radical-scavenging signal rather than a human-validated mechanism.
This experimental finding does not establish benefit, dose or safety in people using this blend.
What this report cannot establish
- A reported constituent percentage does not establish an effective human therapeutic dose or the amount absorbed into the body.
- The presence of a constituent does not guarantee a clinical benefit, rash treatment or sleep improvement from a custom blend.
- An unflagged concern or missing use limit does not establish safety for ingestion, inhalation, skin exposure or a particular person.
- A candidate constituent interaction does not establish that two oils amplify one another at the selected proportions.
- Constituent descriptors alone do not establish a precise top, heart or base lifetime in a finished blend.
Known data gaps (6)
- No human clinical studies specific to isolated beta-vetivenene were located in the reviewed public sources.
- Constituent-specific mechanism data remain narrow and depend largely on one antioxidant abstract plus occurrence-focused vetiver chemistry papers.
- Public safety data for isolated beta-vetivenene are much thinner than the broader whole-vetiver-oil literature.
- No IFRA Standard or Tisserand monograph specific to beta-Vetivenene (CAS 27840-40-0) was located. A REACH SDS for Vetiver (Indian) essential oil (Nikura Ltd, 2025) lists CLP Skin Sens. 1B classifications for alpha-Vetivone and beta-Vetivone as named oil components, but does not list beta-Vetivenene by name in its substance table, so that SDS cannot be used to corroborate sensitization for this specific constituent. sensitizing:true has been corrected to null (unsupported guess) pending real citation.
- No constituent-specific numeric dermal reference is available here.
- Some findings do not record an explicit exposure route; consult the linked study before applying them to a use.