ambergris

Also known as ambergrease, grey amber, ambra grisea, ambre gris, Anbar

thumb|upright=1.3|Ambergris in dried form

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Research

85 papers

Efforts toward Ambergris Biosynthesis.ReviewChem & bio engineering · 2024He N, Yu H, Ye LDOI: 10.1021/cbe.3c00083
From Ambergris to (-)-Ambrox: Chemistry Meets Biocatalysis for Sustainable (-)-Ambrox Production.ReviewJournal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2023Eichhorn E, Schroeder FDOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c09010
The age of ambergris.Natural product research · 2019Rowland SJ, Sutton PA, Knowles TDJDOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1523163
DNA preserved in jetsam whale ambergris.Biology letters · 2020Macleod R, Sinding MS, Olsen MT et al.DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0819
Chemical analysis of flotsam ambergris.Natural product research · 2025Rowland SJ, Sutton PA, Lewis CA et al.DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2024.2361863
Ambergris.Atlanta medical and surgical journal · 1876
An odorant receptor for a key odor constituent of ambergris.Communications biology · 2025Takase D, Shirai T, Misawa K et al.DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-08229-y
Analysis of Ambergris.The Medical and physical journal · 1804Lagrange B

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Image: Ambergris, Skagway Museum.JPG

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Commons category: Ambergris
melting point: 62
boiling point: 100
density: 910

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thumb|upright=1.3|Ambergris in dried form

Ambergris ( or ; ; ), ambergrease, or grey amber is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Freshly produced ambergris has a marine, fecal odor. It acquires a sweet, earthy scent as it ages, commonly likened to the fragrance of isopropyl alcohol without the vaporous chemical astringency.