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lin·al·o·ol

 (lĭ-năl′ō-ôl′, -ōl′, -ŏl′)
n.
A colorless, fragrant liquid, C10H18O, distilled from the oils of rosewood, bergamot, and other plants and trees and used in perfume manufacture.

[Spanish lináloe, aloe (from Late Latin lignum aloēs, wood of the aloe : Latin lignum, wood; see ligni- + Latin aloēs, genitive of aloē, aloe; see aloe) + -ol.]
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linalool

(lɪˈnæləʊˌɒl; ˈlɪnəˌluːl) or

linalol

n
(Elements & Compounds) an optically active colourless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils and used in perfumery. Formula: C10H18O
[from lignaloes + -ol1]
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Noun1.linalool - a colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils
essential oil, volatile oil - an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
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Enantiomeric composition of linalol in the essential oils of Ocimum species and in commercial basil oils.
W olejku lawendowym (OL-LA) glownymi skladnikami byly linalol i jego ester (octan linalilu), ktore stanowily ponad 50% skladu.
Since studies with eugenol, thymol and linalol have shown that they presented molluscicidal activity against Biomphalaria alexandrina and Bulinus truncatus, being these, respectively, intermediate hosts of the parasite Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium, transmitter of the schistosomiasis disease (T Sharaf el-Din 2006).
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El cilantro se cultiva especialmente para la produccion de semillas, de las que se extrae un aceite esencial compuesto principalmente de linalol (Msaada et al., 2007) cuya importancia radica en que es un agente fitoterapeutico con actividad antioxidante; antibacterial, antifungica, antidiabetica, anticancerigena, antireumatica, etc.
Linalol was the main oxygenated component in the essential oil extracted from orange peels but the relative amounts differed for the three extraction methods.