Constituents
The chemistry behind the oils
Every essential oil is a mixture of natural compounds. Here are the 187 constituents measured across ten or more oils in our library — each with the oils that carry the most of it, pooled from 2,092 GC-MS samples in peer-reviewed studies.
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Oxygenated monoterpene 63
- linalool
- α-terpineol
- terpinen-4-ol
- 1,8-cineole
- camphor
- borneol
- geraniol
- geranyl acetate
- bornyl acetate
- sabinene hydrate
- linalyl acetate
- thymol
- neryl acetate
- carvone
- nerol
- carvacrol
- citronellol
- α-terpinyl acetate
- geranial
- neral
- citral
- trans-pinocarveol
- cis-linalool oxide
- isoborneol
- trans-carveol
- myrtenal
- trans-linalool oxide
- myrtenol
- pinocarvone
- verbenone
- p-cymen-8-ol
- trans-verbenol
- citronellal
- δ-terpineol
- cis-verbenol
- decanal
- pulegone
- cis-p-menth-2-en-1-ol
- γ-terpineol
- carveol
- linalool oxide
- α-campholenal
- menthone
- isopulegol
- endo-borneol
- α-thujone
- cis-dihydrocarvone
- fenchol
- menthol
- isobornyl acetate
- cis-geraniol
- trans-piperitol
- limonene oxide
- trans-p-menth-2-en-1-ol
- piperitone
- β-thujone
- citronellyl acetate
- fenchone
- β-terpineol
- cis-carveol
- trans-dihydrocarvone
- cis-β-terpineol
- cis-limonene oxide
Monoterpene hydrocarbon 28
- α-pinene
- myrcene
- limonene
- β-pinene
- sabinene
- p-cymene
- camphene
- γ-terpinene
- α-terpinene
- (e)-β-ocimene
- terpinolene
- α-phellandrene
- α-thujene
- δ-3-carene
- o-cymene
- β-phellandrene
- (z)-β-ocimene
- tricyclene
- β-thujene
- cis-ocimene
- p-cymenene
- m-cymene
- trans-ocimene
- β-cis-ocimene
- isoterpinolene
- 2-carene
- naphthalene
- 2,4-thujadiene
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon 53
- β-caryophyllene
- α-humulene
- germacrene d
- δ-cadinene
- α-copaene
- β-elemene
- γ-cadinene
- γ-muurolene
- bicyclogermacrene
- aromadendrene
- β-selinene
- β-bisabolene
- α-muurolene
- α-cubebene
- β-copaene
- α-farnesene
- β-cubebene
- β-bourbonene
- δ-elemene
- γ-elemene
- (e)-β-farnesene
- α-guaiene
- α-selinene
- α-amorphene
- α-cadinene
- germacrene b
- α-gurjunene
- alloaromadendrene
- valencene
- α-bergamotene
- trans-α-bergamotene
- 3,7,10-humulatriene
- α-calacorene
- allo-aromadendrene
- longifolene
- trans-β-farnesene
- calamenene
- β-sesquiphellandrene
- δ-amorphene
- cis-α-bergamotene
- γ-gurjunene
- α-ylangene
- ledene
- α-curcumene
- germacra-1(10),4(14),5-triene
- aromandendrene
- β-cadinene
- α-trans-bergamotene
- γ-amorphene
- α-himachalene
- α-bulnesene
- viridiflorene
- ar-curcumene
Oxygenated sesquiterpene 23
Aliphatic / small aromatic 7
Unclassified 1
Phenylpropanoid / aromatic 5
Other terpenoid/aromatic 4
Diterpene 2
Aliphatic / other 1
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