cis-Pellitorin

April 20, 2009
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cis-Pellitorin is a pungent flavoring agent isolated from the tarragon plant (Artemisia dracunculus聽L.). It is used to give a prickly, 鈥渉ot鈥� taste to foods and oral hygiene products.聽A synthesis of聽cis-pellitorin is described in聽US Patent 7,511,178, March 31, 2009.聽

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