The development of β-caryophyllene industry is restricted by the dual factors of small market demand and high environmental pollution.

β-Caryophyllene, also known as β-clove oleyl essence and trans-caryophyllene, has a light clove-like fragrance. β-Caryophyllene belongs to natural equivalent flavors and artificial flavors. Natural products are found in essential oils such as clove oil, clove stem oil, Ceylon cinnamon oil, cinnamon leaf oil, lavender oil, thyme oil, pepper oil, and pimento oil.

β-Caryophyllene is a flavor and fragrance product, mainly used in daily chemical fields such as cosmetics and detergents, as well as in food fields such as beverages and candies. Research shows that β-caryophyllene and its derivatives also have good medicinal activity and can provide anesthesia, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, mosquito repellent, anti-anxiety, anti-depressant and other effects, and have great application potential in the medical field. However, at present, its application in the medical field mainly remains in scientific research, and its practical application is still very limited. In the fields of daily chemicals and food, when used as flavors and fragrances, β-caryophyllene faces the competitive threat of many substitutes, such as bulk synthetic fragrances such as geraniol, linalool, vanillin, maltol, and rose oil. , jasmine extract, elemi balm and other natural flavor products all have a substitution effect on β-caryophyllene. Therefore, the market demand for β-caryophyllene is very small. According to the released “2022-2027 β-Caryophyllene Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report”, it is expected that in 2022 , China’s β-caryophyllene industry market size is about 45 million yuan.

In addition to the small scale of market demand, another important factor limiting the development of the β-caryophyllene industry is environmental issues. β-Caryophyllene belongs to the chemical industry. It has a common characteristic of the chemical industry, that is, there is environmental pollution during the production process. The country has increasingly higher requirements for environmental protection. In terms of green environmental protection policies, the country has issued the “Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China” “, “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for Ecological Environmental Protection”, “Environmental Protection Tax Law”, “National Environmental Protection “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for Environment and Health Work”, “Industrial Green Development Plan (2016-2020)”, etc. A series of environmental protection policies guide the green and healthy development of enterprises. In the context of increasingly stringent environmental protection policies, many β-caryophyllene production companies were unable to optimize their industrial structure, improve their production processes, and enhance their pollutant treatment capabilities in a timely manner due to their own capital and technical capabilities, and were eventually eliminated by the industry.

Industrial analysts said that to solve the survival problem of the β-caryophyllene industry, we must start from two aspects: First, we must strengthen its The application development of other potential application fields such as medicine and environmental protection should improve the production capacity of high-purity, high-quality and cost-effective products; the second is to optimize the production process and improve the greenness of the production process.