Lemon Verbena is a herb with 198 known flavor compounds. Lemon Verbena appears in 26 recipes. Lemon Verbena has no compounds unique to it in our source data — its profile is made up entirely of volatiles common across many foods, so we don't report a signature molecule or a top pairing for it.
Compounds ranked by rarity — the higher the score, the more distinctive to this ingredient.
Of the ~226 molecules that drive perceived food aroma (Dunkel et al. 2014), Lemon Verbena's inventory contains 35. Most of the other 163 compounds are below detection threshold.
+ 23 more — showing top 12 by class and threshold.
Generalist = appears in >25% of foods (Maillard / fermentation products). Individualist = appears in <5% of foods (carries signature notes). Threshold values are in clean water — the actual perception threshold in a food matrix can differ substantially.
How Lemon Verbena's 198 known compounds break down by aroma category. Percentages are of compounds with a known label.
Thin profile. Only 1 of 198 compounds here are specific to lemon verbena; the rest are carried by most foods. Results are weakly supported.
Ordered by measured impact in lemon verbena — concentration against odour threshold where both are published, then by how distinctive the molecule is across the graph. Molecules measured here but not established as odorants sit below those that are.
Ranked by how often cooks actually use them together, across 453,403 recipes — the familiar answer first. Each pairing still carries its molecular score and shared-compound count; only the ORDER differs. Counts cover every characterised molecule the two ingredients have in common, not only the aroma-active ones, so they can exceed an ingredient’s aroma-compound count. For the chemistry-first view — where the surprising pairings live — see the molecular network below, the side-by-side comparison, or the Pairing Tool.
Limited data for this ingredient
Our sources don't yet contain a dedicated aroma analysis for lemon verbena. Its profile is built entirely from volatiles that are common across many foods, with none specific to it — so the ranking below reflects that shared background, not a distinct molecular match. Treat it as a placeholder until we have GC‑MS coverage for this ingredient.
Lemon Verbena and its 10 closest compound-sharing relatives. Spoke thickness = shared compounds; circle size = that ingredient's own compound count. Drag to rearrange, scroll to zoom, click to open.
Drawn from PubMed + Europe PMC + food-science journals. Click any title to read the full abstract on the original source.
This study was aimed at evaluating the physicochemical stability and antimicrobial potential of essential oils (EOs) from <i>Cymbopogon citratus</i> (lemon verbena), <i>Citrus reti... Read abstract →
<h4>Background</h4>In this study, the efficacy of three essential oil extraction techniques steam entrainment, Soxhlet extraction, and supercritical fluid extraction (SCF) was eval... Read abstract →
Culinary herbs and spices are valued worldwide for their flavor, aroma, and medicinal benefits. They encompass diverse bioactive metabolites, such as polyphenols and terpenoids, wh... Read abstract →
<h4>Context</h4>The spread of novel viruses substantiates the need for alternative antiviral agents. Plant-based extracts, such as essential oils (EOs), are highly relevant due to... Read abstract →
In the present study, the effect of sodium alginate nanoparticles (SANPs) combined with <i>lemon verbena</i> plant leaf essential oil (LVEOs) (concentrations of 0.25%, 0.5%, and 1%... Read abstract →