Lemon balm

Herbs & floral· herb

What it is

Lemon balm is the leaf of Melissa officinalis, a perennial in the mint family native to Europe.

What it tastes like

On the nose: lavender, lard; the house adds citrus herb, gentle mint ✳. Among its measured molecules: oleic acid, (5E,9Z)-Farnesyl acetone, (5E,9E)-farnesyl acetone, linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid.

What goes with it

Tarragonboth carry geranyl acetate, lavendercite
Orange blossomboth carry geranyl acetate, lavendercite
Bergamot orangeboth carry geranyl acetate, lavendercite

250 more go with it. See them all in the full library →

Salt and acid

Salt

Salt not measured yet.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

Lemon balm + Lavender
both carry geranyl acetate, lavender (46 of 338 carry it)
Lemon balm + Raspberry
both carry caryophyllene (82 of 338 carry it)
Lemon balm + Bergamot orange
both carry geranyl acetate, lavender (46 of 338 carry it)

23 of 159 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.

palmitic acidacidreads as slight characteristic taste (PubChem)Measured in 11 of 338 ingredients.cite
14.28% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1957) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 24 'n-Hexadecanoic acid'; percentage matches the paper's abstract statement exactly)
Citronellalaromaterpenoidreads as intense lemon-citronella-rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 8 of 338 ingredients.cite
2.75% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1151) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 2 'Citronellal')
Methyl citronellatearomaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.86% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1262) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 6 'Citronellic acid, methyl ester')
spathulenolaromaalcoholMeasured in 13 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.80% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1577) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 15 'Spathulenol')
oleic acidaromaacidreads as peculiar lard-like odor (PubChem)Measured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.89% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 2141) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 26 'Oleic acid')
geranialaromaterpenoidreads as strong lemon odor (PubChem)Measured in 21 of 338 ingredients.cite
6.62% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1270) -- geranial, the major compound of this class — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 7 '-Citral' (RI 1270); percentage matches the paper's abstract statement 'alpha-citral (6.62%)' exactly)
neralaromaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
3.98% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1238) -- neral — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 5 '-Citral' (RI 1238); percentage matches the paper's abstract statement 'beta-citral (3.98%)' exactly)
geranyl acetatearomaterpenoidreads as odor of lavender (PubChem)Measured in 24 of 338 ingredients.cite
2.08% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1380) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 9 'Geranyl acetate')
(5E,9Z)-Farnesyl acetonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
4.16% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1883) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 22 '(5E,9Z)-Farnesyl acetone'; percentage matches the paper's abstract statement exactly)
(5E,9E)-farnesyl acetonearomaketoneMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
5.00% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1922) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 23 '(5E,9E)-Farnesyl acetone'; percentage matches the paper's abstract statement exactly)
β-caryophyllene oxidearomaetherMeasured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
33.99% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1581) -- the major compound — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 16 'Caryophyllene oxide'; percentage matches the paper's abstract statement exactly)
linoleic acidaromaacidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.56% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 2130) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 25 'Linoleic acid')
alpha-linolenic acidaromaacidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.08% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 2152) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 27 'Linolenic acid')
caryophyllenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 50 of 338 ingredients.cite
4.82% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1430) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 10 '-Caryophyllene' (RI 1430); percentage matches the paper's abstract statement 'beta-caryophyllene (4.82%)' exactly)
humulenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 26 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.49% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1454) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 11 '-Caryophyllene' (RI 1454); the table's only other Caryophyllene row, resolved by elimination once row 10 is identified as beta- via the abstract)
2-NonenalaromaaldehydeMeasured in 20 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.63% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1158) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 3 '(2E)-Nonen-1-al')
germacrene DaromaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.58% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1482) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 13 'Germacrene D')
FokienolaromaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.36% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1596) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 17 'Fokienol')
methyl geranatearomaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 338 ingredients.cite
0.90% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1322) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 8 'Methyl geranate')
(2E,6Z)-FarnesalaromaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
4.56% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1712) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 20 '(2E,6Z)-Farnesal'; percentage matches the paper's abstract statement exactly)
(2Z,6Z)-FarnesalaromaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 338 ingredients.cite
2.05% of total ion current in hydrodistilled leaf essential oil (RI 1683) — Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany (Table 3, row 19 '(2Z,6Z)-Farnesal')

On file, no cited source yet ✳

These molecules are on record for it from the library's earlier sources. We are buying and requesting the papers; each one that lands moves its molecule up into the cited list.

(2R)-2-[(E)-3-[4-[(Z)-1-carboxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethenoxy]-3-hydroxyphenyl]prop-2-enoyl]oxy-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoic acidacid
(R)-β-citronellolterpenoid
luteolin 3'-O-glucuronideflavonoid
quadranoside IIIterpenoid
carvacrolphenolreads as thymol odor (PubChem)
alpha-cadinolalcohol
β-cadineneterpenoidreads as slight pleasant odor (PubChem)
syringic acidphenol
salvianolic acid F
hexadecaneacid
(+)-beta-cedreneterpenoid
terpinen-4-olalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)
(6E)-(-)-nerolidolalcohol
danshensuacid
octadecaneacidreads as fuel-like (PubChem)
Amorphen-10-olterpenoid
Bicyclo[3.1.1]Heptan-3-One, 2,6,6-Trimethyl-, [1S-(1a,2ss,5a)]-terpenoid
tridecaneacidreads as hydrocarbon odor (PubChem)
tetradecaneacid
pentadecaneacid
heptadecaneacidreads as fuel-like (PubChem)
nonadecaneacidreads as fuel-like (PubChem)
heneicosaneacid
docosaneacid
δ-octalactonelactone
4-hydroxybenzoic acidacid
(1aR,4aR,7S,7aS,7bR)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-1a,2,3,4a,5,6,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[h]azulen-7-olterpenoid
methyl (1S,2R,4aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,10R,11R,12aR,12bR,14bS)-10,11-dihydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,8a,10,11,12,12b,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylateterpenoid
S-[2-[3-[[(2S)-4-[[[(2S,3S,4R,5S)-5-(6-aminopurin-9-yl)-4-hydroxy-3-phosphonooxyoxolan-2-yl]methoxy-hydroxyphosphoryl]oxy-hydroxyphosphoryl]oxy-2-hydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanoyl]amino]propanoylamino]ethyl] (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enethioateester
CID 15560278terpenoid
10-epi-alpha-cadinolalcohol
(2S)-2-[(1R,2R,3R,4R)-2-[(1R)-1-carboxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethoxy]carbonyl-3,4-bis(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)cyclobutanecarbonyl]oxy-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid
1,11-Dihydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-10-sulfooxy-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acidterpenoid
(2R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-1,3-benzodioxole-5-carbaldehyde
11-Hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2,6a,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-10-sulfooxy-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acidterpenoid
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] 1,11-dihydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-10-sulfooxy-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylateterpenoid
(1S,3S,4R,5S,6R)-5-[(E,3R)-3-hydroxybut-1-enyl]-4-(hydroxymethyl)-4,6-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-diolterpenoid
methyl (4aS,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aS,10R,11S,12aR,14bS)-10,11-dihydroxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylateterpenoid
1-Hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-10-sulfooxy-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acidterpenoid
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(E,2R)-4-[(1S,2S,3R,5S,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2,6-dimethylcyclohexyl]but-3-en-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
2-[[2-Hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-4,5,9,13,19,20-hexamethyl-24-oxahexacyclo[15.5.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]tetracos-15-en-10-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
(1R,2S,6S,7R,8R,9R)-10-[(E)-3-[(1R)-1-carboxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethoxy]-3-oxoprop-1-enyl]-8-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2,6-dihydroxy-4-oxo-3-oxatricyclo[5.2.2.02,6]undec-10-ene-9-carboxylic acid
2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2,6a,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-10-sulfooxy-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acidterpenoid
[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl] (2R,4aR,5R,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-5,10,11-trihydroxy-2,9-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,6a,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylateterpenoid
1-(2-isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexyl)hept-3-en-2-one
Benzenepropanoic acid, alpha-[[(2E)-3-[(2Z)-2-[(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methylene]-2,3-dihydro-3-oxo-1,4-benzodioxin-6-yl]-1-oxo-2-propen-1-yl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-, (alphaR)-
alpha-terpineolalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)
campesterolalcohol
Benzenepropanoic acid, alpha,3,4-trihydroxy-, (aS)-
1-hepten-3-olalcohol
Methyl 3-epimaslinateterpenoid
3beta,29-Dihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid methyl esterterpenoid
beta-sitosterolalcohol
benzaldehydealdehydereads as burning aromatic taste (PubChem)
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(1S,2S,4S,5R,8R,9R,10S,13S,14R,17S,18R,19S,20R)-2-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-4,5,9,13,19,20-hexamethyl-24-oxahexacyclo[15.5.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]tetracos-15-en-10-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triolterpenoid
(1R,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,12aR,14bS)-1-hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-10-sulfooxy-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acidterpenoid
(1R,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-1,11-dihydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-10-sulfooxy-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acidterpenoid
DFXHRBSEENKJFW-JVJIQXRHSA-Nterpenoid
29-Hydroxy-3beta,23-bis(sulfooxy)oleana-12-ene-28-oic acidterpenoid
2alpha,29-Dihydroxy-3beta,23-bis(sulfooxy)oleana-12-ene-28-oic acidterpenoid
caffeic acidacid
Clinopodic acid Aacid
(+)-1-octen-3-olalcohol
beta-Sitosterol 3-O-beta-D-galactopyranosideterpenoid
Rosmarinic Acid Methyl Esteracid
nonanalaldehydereads as orange-rose odor (PubChem)
4-coumaric acidacid
gentisic acidacid
gallic acidacid
4-hydroxybenzoic acidphenol
caprylic acidacidreads as slight odor (PubChem)
naringeninflavonoid
2-hydroxy-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoic acidacid
eriodictyolflavonoid
alpha-cubebeneterpenoid
(-)-car-3-eneterpenoid
(1R,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-1,10,11-trihydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acidterpenoid
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] (1R,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-1,10,11-trihydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylateterpenoid
(S)-(-)-citronellalterpenoid
(E)-cinnamic acidacid
ferulic acidacid
quercetinflavonoid
apigeninflavonoid
luteolinflavonoid
luteolosideflavonoid
apigetrinflavonoid
kaempferolflavonoid
germacrene Bterpenoid
beta-ocimeneterpenoid
isorhamnetinflavonoid
(R)-rosmarinic acidacid
salvianolic acid A
(E)-alpha-bisaboleneterpenoid
1-Ethenyl-1,2-dimethyl-4-propan-2-ylidene-2-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexaneterpenoid
cis-β-Ocimeneterpenoid
cis-α-Bisaboleneterpenoid
α-ionolterpenoid
lavandulolalcohol
beta-copaeneterpenoid
phenylethyl alcoholalcoholreads as sharp burning taste (PubChem)
L-tyrosineacid
phenylalanineacidreads as bitter (PubChem)
β-bourboneneterpenoid
p-coumaric acidacid
geraniolalcoholreads as sweet rose odor (PubChem)
(S)-rosmarinic acidacid
(E)-3-pinanoneterpenoid
γ-elemeneterpenoid
Ocimene
nerolalcoholreads as sweet rose (PubChem)
salvianolic acid Bphenol
(2R)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-1-methoxy-1-oxopropan-2-yl (2E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoateacid
linaloolalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)
trans-caffeic acidphenol
caffeic acid methyl esterester
beta-elemeneterpenoid
phenylalanineacid
L-tyrosineacid
(E/Z)-ferulic acidacid
protocatechuic acidacid
hesperetinflavonoid
Luteolin-3'-D-glucuronide;Luteolin 3'-O-glucuronide;Luteolin-3-O-(c)micro-D-glucuronideflavonoid
furfuralfuranreads as almond-like odor (PubChem)
icosaneacid
vanillic acidacid
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] 10,11-dihydroxy-2,9-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,6a,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylateterpenoid
citralterpenoid
hexanoic acidacid
(S,1Z,6Z)-8-Isopropyl-1-methyl-5-methylenecyclodeca-1,6-dieneterpenoid
(1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo[4.4.0.02,7]dec-3-eneterpenoid
methyl 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoateacid
(2R,3R)-4-[(1E)-3-[(1R)-1-Carboxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethoxy]-3-oxo-1-propen-1-yl]-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-7-hydroxy-3-benzofurancarboxylic acid
beta-cubebeneterpenoid
trans-carveolterpenoid
3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)pyruvic acidphenol
Citrusin Csugar

Sources

Hülya Doğan et al. 2021, Anatolian Journal of Botany

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