eucalyptol
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of eucalyptol
First recorded in 1875–80; eucalypt(us) + -ol 2
Example Sentences
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They analysed ten commercial products and detected, for instance, different concentrations of eucalyptol and lower alcohols.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Mosquitoes were less likely to buzz over to scents with lots of the chemical eucalyptol, found in plants like sage and eucalyptus trees.
From Science Magazine ● May 18, 2023
The essential oils in Listerine, such as thymol, eucalyptol and menthol, have anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory activity.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
When genetic engineering was used to create mice that lacked TRPM8, they showed a complete loss of responses to menthol and eucalyptol applied to the skin and an incomplete reduction in responses to mild cooling.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 4, 2015
The treatment of the throat affection consists in employing antiseptic and soothing gargles, inhalations of chloride of ammonium, or a spray of peroxide of hydrogen, menthol, or eucalyptol.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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