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leaf and flowering top

2 published monographs fall under this facet. A facet here is not a taxonomy label but a safety clue: plants in the same family often share cross-reactivity risk, and the same botanical part often shares extraction and oxidation behaviour.

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Thyme (thymol chemotype) — Thymus vulgaris

Thymus vulgaris

Thyme (thymol chemotype)

Lamiaceae · leaf and flowering top · ceiling 2%

  • Thymol type (CT thymol); CT linalool and CT thujanol differ

Thyme is the standard teaching example of why chemotype is a safety field and not a marketing one: CT thymol is 42% thymol with a 2% ceiling, CT…

Oregano — Origanum vulgare

Origanum vulgare

Oregano

Lamiaceae · leaf and flowering top · ceiling 2%

  • Carvacrol type; CT thymol and CT linalool exist

Oregano is 60% carvacrol, the strongest phenol load on this site, and it is the oil most often recommended online at dilutions that would burn. It…

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