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CLM-CLOVE-001 · VERIFIED

Eugenol in clove essential oil

A review reports eugenol as the major compound of clove essential oil, at least half of it, with eugenyl acetate, β-caryophyllene and α-humulene making up a further 10–40%.

SCOPE

Clove essential oil and extracts; composition, not odour potency, and amounts vary with the extraction method.

SUPPORT CHECK

The statement the claim rests on was found word for word in the abstract fetched from the named service, and an editor read the full abstract against every part of the claim. Abstract from Europe PMC (ebi.ac.uk/europepmc), check run 36955913407.

LIFECYCLE

active · reviewed 2026-10-02 · corrections 0

CANONICAL PROFILES1
CloveSB-0156↗
SUPPORTING SOURCES1
VERIFIEDREVIEW

Clove Essential Oil (Syzygium aromaticum L. Myrtaceae): Extraction, Chemical Composition, Food Applications, and Essential Bioactivity for Human Health

José Nabor Haro-González, Gustavo Adolfo Castillo-Herrera, Moisés Martínez-Velázquez & Hugo Espinosa-Andrews

Molecules

DOI 10.3390/molecules26216387
Registry record ↗External source ↗

Permanent identifier smellbook:claim:eugenol-in-clove-essential-oil · Graph record (JSON)

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 349.