## 3 Results
### Macerate Color Parameters  
All macroates are colored but differ in their chromatic characteristics (Figure 6). Samples prepared with a lower plant concentration (20 g/L) and a lower ethanol concentration showed the highest brightness. With increasing ethanol concentration, the brightness values decrease (Figure 6, highlighted line). The samples are also less bright with increasing plant concentration (40 g/L and 80 g/L). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Terpene** & **Odor Description** & **Concentration * (mg/L)** & **Threshold** & **OAV** \\ \hline \(\beta\)-pinene & turpentine & 0.56 & 0.752 & 0.745 \\ p-cymene & slightly woody, citrus, green pepper and oregon & 0.56 & 10 & 0.056 \\
**l-limonene** & **lemon-like** & 1.23 & 0.2 & **6.15** \\
**m-cymene** & **hints of citrus, earth, and wood** & 2.06 & 0.12 & **17.16** \\
**trans-menthone** & **minity-refreshing** & 6.50 & 0.476 & **13.65** \\ _ylymgene_ & pepper, spicy & 1.41 & - & - \\ _\(\beta\)-bourbone_ & herbal, woody, floral, baslamic & 1.58 & - & - \\  Camphor & warm, minty & 0.70 & 1 & 0.70 \\ _\(\alpha\)-humule_ & **woody** & 0.84 & 0.39 & **2.15** \\ _\(\alpha\)-bourbone_ & - & 7.50 & - & - \\
**isomenthone** & **peppermit** & 1.14 & 0.63 & **1.81** \\ \(\alpha\)-bergamotene & pepper with woody and spicy undertones & 0.13 & - & - \\ trans-caryophyllene & sweet, woody, spice, clove & 0.11 & 0.15 & 0.73 \\
**1,8-cineole/eucalypt** & **mint, eucalyptus, sweet, cooling, fresh, chemical** & 0.201 & 0.064 & **3.14** \\
**linalool** & **orange flowers, floral, rose, aniseed** & 0.059 & 0.05 & **1.18** \\
**borneol** & **pine, woody, camphor, baslamic** & 0.134 & 0.08 & **1.675** \\
**menthol** & & 0.29 & 1 & 0.29 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* The relative concentrations are given in terms of equivalents to the internal standard. The relative concentration was calculated as the mean of relative concentrations of the compound present in all macroates. Key components whose OAV is greater than one is in bold. Threshold data from [21].  
\end{table} 
Table 2: Relative concentrations, odor description, threshold, and OAV of key terpenes and terpene alcohols detected in the macroates. Lower amounts of plants extract a smaller amount of substances that can affect color and brightness. As the amount of plants increases, various pigments and substances such as phenols, minerals, and acids are extracted from the plants into the water-alcohol base, decreasing the brightness values and making the macerates darker and cloudier [22]. Moreover, as the ethanol content in the aqueous alcohol base of the macerate increases, the proportion of ethanol-soluble substances increases. In addition, all mistletoe macerates have positive a and b values; i.e., they are samples with red and yellow hues. Component a values are highest in samples with a high plant concentration (80 g/L). Component b has the highest values in samples with a plant concentration of 40 g/L. The values of component b are much higher than those of component a, which means that yellow hues predominate in the samples. Very similar results were shown by [PERSON] et al. [1] for carob macerates, where yellow hues predominate over red hues in most samples. The samples with the lowest plant concentration have the highest values of the hue angle (h) and are closest to 90\({}^{\circ}\), which is why the color of the macerate has yellow hues with different brightness. As the plant concentration in the macerate increases, the parameter h decreases, causing the colors of the macerate to approach the red-purple spectrum, although they also contain yellow shades. All samples have h values below 90\({}^{\circ}\), which means that they are in the red-violet and yellow color spectrum.