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Progress in Essential Oils
By: Brian M. Lawrence
Posted: May 21, 2007, from the June 2007 issue of P&F magazine.
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Geranium Oil
Ranade (2002) reported that Indian geranium oil contained the following constituents:
monoterpene hydrocarbons (4.65%)
cis- and trans-rose oxide (0.35%)
linalool (6.62%)
menthone (1.52%)
isomenthone (5.98%)
citronellol (34.30%)
nerol (0.50%)
geraniol (19.90%)
citronellyl formate (5.77%)
geranyl formate (5.77%)
citronellyl acetate (0.10%)
geranyl acetate (0.80%)
guaia-6,9-diene (0.28%)
citronellyl butyrate (0.52%)
geranyl butyrate (1.35%)
10-epi-gamma-eudesmol (3.41%)
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