cis-Jasmone is a jasmine-associated plant volatile and fragrance ingredient with a stronger literature base than many archive constituents, especially in plant defense and chemical ecology. The public evidence consistently supports cis-jasmone as a natural floral odorant and plant semiochemical that can prime herbivore-related defense responses in crops and model plants. Those findings are relevant for chemistry and agricultural context, but they do not justify medical claims for human use.
Chemical identity and composition
PubChem PUG identifies jasmone as C11H16O with InChIKey XMLSXPIVAXONDL-PLNGDYQASA-N, while NIST lists cis-Jasmone and (Z)-Jasmone as synonyms under CAS 488-10-8. In the archive it appears in the Oregon spearmint record at 0.36%, showing that even a jasmine-linked volatile can occur as a minor supporting constituent outside floral oils.
Aroma and practical use
- Use the recorded jasmine, floral, green, warm descriptors to explore a blend's scent character; perceived strength also depends on the other ingredients.
- Review the flagged use concerns across every contributing oil and the selected dilution.
- 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.
A 2003 wheat study reported that cis-jasmone was repellent to grain aphids in olfactometer work, reduced settling on treated seedlings, lowered aphid population increase, and reduced cereal aphid populations in four years of small-plot field experiments.
A 2003 wheat study reported that cis-jasmone was repellent to grain aphids in olfactometer work, reduced settling on treated seedlings, lowered aphid population increase, and reduced cereal aphid populations in four years of small-plot field experiments.
This experimental finding does not establish benefit, dose or safety in people using this blend.
A 2013 J Chem Ecol study found that cis-jasmone exposure induced eight volatile compounds in wheat and barley, with 100- to 1000-fold increases for key VOCs and repellency of cereal leaf beetles to induced bouquets under several conditions.
A 2013 J Chem Ecol study found that cis-jasmone exposure induced eight volatile compounds in wheat and barley, with 100- to 1000-fold increases for key VOCs and repellency of cereal leaf beetles to induced bouquets under several conditions.
This experimental finding does not establish benefit, dose or safety in people using this blend.
A 2011 review summarized cis-jasmone as a constitutive or damage-induced plant volatile acting as both an attractant for natural enemies and an inducer of defense-related responses, reinforcing that the best-developed evidence base is agricultural rather than clinical.
A 2011 review summarized cis-jasmone as a constitutive or damage-induced plant volatile acting as both an attractant for natural enemies and an inducer of defense-related responses, reinforcing that the best-developed evidence base is agricultural rather than clinical.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
Use concerns and concentration limits
Sensitization concernFlagged
Flagged in the constituent reference; assess the source, route and finished-product concentration.
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.
A recorded constituent reference, not a recommended oil dilution. Product category, source applicability and all contributing oils must be checked before use.
unverified reference · No source provenance attachedA RIFM fragrance ingredient safety assessment exists for cis-jasmone, which supports using fragrance-safety literature rather than assuming plant-defense findings translate into broad human wellness uses.
The source assessment applies to its specified exposure and preparation; this entry is not an unrestricted-use clearance.
No direct public citation is attached to this entry.
This pass did not verify a simple public IFRA-style dermal limit figure from an openly readable primary source, so the record stays conservative on topical guidance.
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
defense priming of plant volatiles
Plant studies indicate that cis-jasmone can prime or induce volatile-emission and defense-gene responses that deter some herbivores and improve attraction of natural enemies.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil 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 (5)
- Most strong cis-jasmone literature is in plant and insect systems rather than human studies.
- This pass did not establish an openly readable topical limit value from a primary fragrance-safety source.
- Direct constituent-specific human efficacy evidence was not located and should not be inferred from plant-defense work.
- The numeric dermal reference lacks source provenance; a verified flag alone is insufficient.
- Some findings do not record an explicit exposure route; consult the linked study before applying them to a use.