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What does geraniol mean?

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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid alcohol found in the essential oils of rose, palmarosa and citronella
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These are positively brimming with a wide variety of cancer-fighting supernutrients, such as carnosic acid in rosemary and geraniol in thyme.
He says lemon balm is easy to grow from seeds and contains citronellal, geraniol and geranial.
An example that Blackmond often uses is the asymmetric hydrogenation of the allylic alcohols geraniol and its isomers carried out while she was at Merck.
It is also a favourite adulterant for otto of rose, and is used as a source of geraniol.
This oil consists mainly of linalol, together with small quantities of methyl heptenone, geraniol, and d-terpineol.
To repel chiggers, look for a natural biting insect repellent that contains geraniol.

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