Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Caryophyllene
open-in-new
<p>Caryophyllene , more formally (−)-β-caryophyllene (BCP), is a natural bicyclic <a href="/facts/Sesquiterpene/rFJG50mL">sesquiterpene</a> that occurs widely in nature. Caryophyllene is notable for having a <a href="/facts/Cyclobutane/hzsbc9ML">cyclobutane</a> ring, as well as a <i>trans</i>-double bond in a 9-membered ring, both rarities in nature. </p>