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Lemon verbena

Herbs & floral· herb

What it is

Lemon verbena is the leaf of Aloysia citrodora, a shrub native to South America.

What it tastes like

On the nose: peppermint, camphor, citrus, floral. Among its measured molecules: 3-methyl-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-furan, Santolina triene, rosefuran epoxide, cis-Isopiperitenol, Isoneral.

28 of 141 compounds on file carry a paper the library can cite.

• 1,8-cineolearomaterpenoidreads as camphor (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 341 ingredients.cite

  5.34% of essential oil (retention time 10.76 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 4 'Eucalyptol')
• linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 341 ingredients.cite

  10.41% of essential oil (retention time 11.65 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 7 'Linalool')
• carvonearomaterpenoidMeasured in 13 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.47% of essential oil (retention time 13.73 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 18 'Carvone')
• o-cymenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 11 of 341 ingredients.cite

  1.71% of essential oil (retention time 10.62 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 2 'o-Cymene')
• β-phellandrenearomaterpenoidreads as burning taste (PubChem)Measured in 18 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.52% of essential oil (retention time 9.83 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 1 'beta.-Phellandrene')
• L-mentholaromaalcoholreads as peppermint (PubChem)Measured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite

  1.62% of essential oil (retention time 12.77 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 14 'Levomenthol')
• alpha-terpineolaromaalcoholreads as floral, lilac (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 341 ingredients.cite

  2.19% of essential oil (retention time 13.032 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 15 'alpha.-Terpineol')
• 4-thujanolaromaterpenoidMeasured in 3 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.80% of essential oil (retention time 11.28 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 5 '5-Isopropyl-2-methylbicyclo[3.1.0]hexan-2-ol')
• β-bourbonenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 5 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.90% of essential oil (retention time 15.53 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 22 'beta.-Bourbonene')
• PerillenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.12% of essential oil (retention time 11.70 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 8 'Furan, 3-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)')
• 3-methyl-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-furanaromaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.13% of essential oil (retention time 11.61 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 6 '3-Methyl-2-(2-methyl-2-butenyl)-furan')
• 10-epi-alpha-cadinolaromaalcoholMeasured in 3 of 341 ingredients.cite

  1.42% of essential oil (retention time 18.18 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 28 'tau.-Cadinol')
• D-limonenearomaterpenoidreads as citrus (PubChem)Measured in 10 of 341 ingredients.cite

  6.88% of essential oil (retention time 10.69 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 3 'D-Limonene')
• trans-Limonene oxidearomaetherMeasured in 4 of 341 ingredients.cite

  7.36% of essential oil (retention time 12.3 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 10 'trans Limonene oxide')
• Santolina trienearomaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.20% of essential oil (retention time 13.121 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 16 'Santolina triene')
• geranialaromaterpenoidreads as lemon (PubChem)Measured in 21 of 341 ingredients.cite

  11.05% of essential oil (retention time 13.94 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil -- the major compound — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 19 'Citral')
• β-caryophyllene oxidearomaetherMeasured in 19 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.33% of essential oil (retention time 17.38 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 26 'Caryophyllene oxide')
• tau-MuurololaromaalcoholMeasured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.24% of essential oil (retention time 18.33 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 29 'tau.-Muurolol')
• caryophyllenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 50 of 341 ingredients.cite

  1.96% of essential oil (retention time 15.96 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 23 'Caryophyllene')
• germacrene DaromaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 341 ingredients.cite

  7.33% of essential oil (retention time 16.60 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 24 'Germacrene D')
• cis-p-mentha-2,8-dien-1-olaromaMeasured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.43% of essential oil (retention time 12.25 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 9 'cis-p-Mentha-2,8-dien-1-ol')
• rosefuran epoxidearomaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite

  1.26% of essential oil (retention time 12.70 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 13 '2-((3,3-Dimethyloxiran-2-yl)methyl)-3-methylfuran')
• trans-ChrysanthemalaromaterpenoidMeasured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite

  5.48% of essential oil (retention time 12.47 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 12 'trans-Chrysanthemal')
• (1S,3aS,4S,5S,7aR,8R)-5-Isopropyl-1,7a-dimethyloctahydro-1H-1,4-methanoinden-8-olaromaMeasured in 2 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.18% of essential oil (retention time 17.92 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 27; the table wraps this name across two lines with the retention-time/percentage cell printed between them ('(1S,3aS,4S,5S,7aR,8R)-5-Isopropyl-1,7adimethyloctahydro-' 17.92 0.18, then on the next line '1H-1,4-methanoinden-8-ol'), so only the first line's contiguous text is quoted here)
• alpha-muurolenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 7 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.12% of essential oil (retention time 17.13 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 25 'alpha.-Muurolene')
• cis-IsopiperitenolaromaMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.28% of essential oil (retention time 13.166 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 17 'cis-Isopiperitenol')
• IsoneralaromaterpenoidMeasured in 1 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.12% of essential oil (retention time 12.33 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 11 'Isoneral')
• α-copaenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 18 of 341 ingredients.cite

  0.70% of essential oil (retention time 15.39 min) in shade-dried leaf essential oil — Saemeh Rahdari et al. 2026, Research Square (preprint) (Table 2, row 21 'alfa.-Copaene')