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Essential Oil Details

Essential Name

: Aloysia citrodora essential oil

Plant Name

: Lemon verbena

Plant Variety Name

: NA

Plant Tissue Name

: Leaf

Introduction

Lemon verbena leaves are used to add a lemon flavor to fish and poultry dishes, vegetable marinades, salad dressings, jams, puddings, Greek yogurt and beverages. It also is used to make herbal teas, or added to standard tea in place of actual lemon (as is common with Moroccan tea). It can also be used to make a sorbet.

Other Details

In the European Union, Verbena essential oils (Lippia citriodora Kunth.) and derivatives other than absolute are prohibited when used as a fragrance ingredient

Reference

1. Crabas, Nicoletta, et al. "Extraction, separation and isolation of volatiles and dyes from Calendula officinalis L. and Aloysia triphylla (L'Her.) Britton by supercritical CO2." Journal of Essential Oil Research 15.4 (2003): 272-277.

2. Werdin, González JO, et al. "Biological activity of essential oils from Aloysia polystachya and Aloysia citriodora (Verbenaceae) against the soybean pest Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)." Natural product communications 5.2 (2010): 301-306.

Major Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Spathulenol	23.20
2	Phytol	11.60

Minor Compound Details

Serial No.	Compound Name	Compound Percentage(%)
1	Ar-Curcumene	4.60
2	(E)-Nerolidol	3.80
3	Geranial	2.30
4	Geranic Acid	2.80
5	Neral	1.40
6	Geranyl Acetate	1.60
7	Alpha-Terpineol	1.60
8	Methyl Eugenol	0.30
9	1,8-Cineole	0.50
10	Benzyl Alcohol	0.30
11	Gamma-Cadinene	0.01
12	(E)-Anethole	0.20
13	Beta-Bisabolene	0.20
14	Gamma-Curcumene	0.60
15	Nerol	0.30
16	(E)-Chrysanthenol	0.20
17	Beta-Bourbonene	0.30
18	Gamma-Muurolene	0.30
19	Beta-Caryophyllene	0.01
20	1-Epi-Cubenol	0.40
21	Beta-Guaiene	0.10
22	3-Octanol	0.30
23	Beta-oplopenone	0.90
24	Geraniol	0.50
25	A-Bisabolol	0.40
26	Carvone	0.50
27	Allo-Aromadendrene	0.60
28	Caryophyllene Oxide	0.01
29	Geranyl Acetone	0.50
30	Alpha-Cedrene	0.30
31	Cedrol	0.70
32	Hexadecanoic Acid	0.40
33	Alpha-Copaene	0.50
34	Cis-Sabinene Hydrate	0.30
35	Ledol	0.80
36	Alpha-Gurjunene	0.20
37	Cubebol	0.50
38	Limonene	0.50
39	D-Cadinene	0.40
40	Linalool	0.50
41	Eugenol	0.10