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p-cymene

Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Thyme.

Where the evidence names it

Thyme

Major component · the claim says “followed by”

A commercial thyme essential oil contained thymol as its main component, followed by p-cymene, 1,8-cineole, γ-terpinene and carvacrol.

Scope: One commercial oil of the thymol type; composition only, and thyme has several chemotypes. CLM-THYME-001 ↗

Identifiers

PubChem
CID 7463 (P-Cymene)
Formula
C10H14
InChIKey
HFPZCAJZSCWRBC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikidata
Q284072
ChEBI
CHEBI:28768

Checked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-02 (identifier check run 37063263965). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.

WHAT THIS MEANS

SmellBook lists a molecule only where a VERIFIED claim names it, in the role and scope that claim states. A molecule reported in a smell's evidence is not the whole smell: most smells come from many compounds together, and the studies measured particular samples, such as one cultivar, an essential oil or a cooked product.

Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:p-cymene · Graph record (JSON)

Cite as SmellBook. (2026). p-cymene (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 369. smellbook:molecule:p-cymene. https://smellbook.com/molecules/p-cymene

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 369.