(Z)-beta-Ocimene is the cis isomer of beta-ocimene, a light floral-green monoterpene found in tagetes, tarragon, peru balsam, and other aromatic materials in the AromaForge archive. The best live evidence supports identity, odor character, fragrance use, and ecological or animal-behavior relevance rather than human therapeutic use. Current archive-safe copy should therefore present (Z)-beta-ocimene as a floral-green marker constituent with useful semiochemical context and only limited direct human data.
Chemical identity and composition
NIST identifies the Z isomer under CAS 3338-55-4, while PubChem resolves it as CID 5320250 with formula C10H16 and the IUPAC name (3Z)-3,7-dimethylocta-1,3,6-triene. Good Scents lists it as a flavor and fragrance material with floral-green odor language. In the local archive, this exact ID appears in tagetes, tarragon, dark turmeric, and peru balsam records.
Aroma and practical use
- Use the recorded floral, sweet, green, herbal 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.
A 2017 review described beta-ocimene as a key floral and foliar volatile involved in multiple interactions between plants and other organisms, making ecological signaling the strongest evidence base for the constituent family.
This is the best broad-context source for how the archive should frame both beta-ocimene stereoisomers.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
A 2023 Insects study reported that cis-beta-ocimene at 10 micrograms per microliter was among the more attractive single volatiles for Bruchophagus huonchili wasps in Y-tube olfactometer assays.
This gives constituent-level behavioral evidence for the exact Z isomer rather than only a pooled ocimene discussion.
This experimental finding does not establish benefit, dose or safety in people using this blend.
A 2008 feeding study in lambs tested cis-beta-ocimene among individual monoterpenes and reported effects on intake of alfalfa pellets, showing that the isolated compound has been examined in animal-behavior settings outside fragrance chemistry.
This is not a wellness claim and should be interpreted narrowly as animal feeding-behavior research.
This experimental finding does not establish benefit, dose or safety in people using this blend.
Use concerns and concentration limits
Sensitization concernNot assessed
Not assessed in the available record.
Phototoxicity concernNot flagged
Not flagged in the current model. This is not proof of absence or unrestricted safety.
Oxidation concernNot assessed
Not assessed in the available record.
Penetration enhancementNot assessed
Not assessed in the available record.
No numeric constituent-specific use limit is available here. Missing is not an unrestricted-use clearance.
The most directly usable safety source found in this pass is the RIFM assessment for 3,7-dimethyl-1,3,6-octatriene rather than a cis-beta-ocimene-only clinical dossier.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
The 2021 RIFM fragrance safety assessment reported no expected genotoxicity, phototoxicity, or photoallergenicity under the assessed use framework for 3,7-dimethyl-1,3,6-octatriene, while also relying on grouped substance evaluation rather than a dedicated isolated Z-isomer human trial set.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
No isolated human clinical safety or efficacy study specific to (Z)-beta-ocimene was verified in this pass.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
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
volatile_semiochemical_signaling
Review literature supports beta-ocimene as a volatile cue in interactions among plants, pollinators, herbivores, and parasitoids.
This reference does not establish a therapeutic result or a safe use level for a custom oil blend.
odor_mediated_insect_attraction
A recent Bruchophagus huonchili assay reported concentration-dependent attraction to cis-beta-ocimene, supporting a direct olfactory behavioral 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 (5)
- No isolated (Z)-beta-ocimene human clinical literature was verified in this pass.
- Most stronger evidence is ecological, animal-behavior, or grouped fragrance-safety evidence rather than constituent-specific human toxicology.
- A cis-beta-ocimene-only dermal-limit source was not directly verified.
- 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.