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Lime Peel Oil

Lime Peel Oil is an essential oil with 16 known flavor compounds. The most distinctive molecule is 2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenal. It pairs most strongly with hyssop oil, sharing 7 flavor compounds.

16
Flavor Compounds
8
Top Pairings of 856 scored

Flavor Science

Flavor Profile Breakdown

16 compounds

How Lime Peel Oil's 16 known compounds break down by aroma category. Percentages are of compounds with a known label.

herbal 5 · 31.2%
fruity 3 · 18.8%
green 2 · 12.5%
floral 2 · 12.5%
woody 1 · 6.2%

Flavor Compounds

12 of 16 are distinctive to lime peel oil — they appear in under 10% of foods. The remainder are the background most foods share.

Ordered by measured impact in lime peel oil — 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.

Molecules volatile enough to reach the nose.
2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenal linalyl formate borneol myrtenol perillaldehyde 3-carene terpinolene beta-caryophyllene 3-hexanone 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one guaiene 1,4-cineole ocimene quintoxide linaloyl oxide 1-terpineol d-piperitone

Best Pairings for Lime Peel Oil

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.

Molecular Neighborhood

Lime Peel Oil 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.

Molecular neighborhood diagram of lime peel oil — top 10 ingredients ranked by shared volatile compounds
1
Hyssop Oil essential oil
7 shared compounds
38%
2
Lemon Peel Oil essential oil
5 shared compounds
38%
3
Ginger spice
10 shared compounds
38%
4
Cardamom spice
7 shared compounds
34%
5
Laurel plant
8 shared compounds
33%
6
Myrtle plant
5 shared compounds
30%
7
Walnut nut
4 shared compounds
27%
8
Mandarin Orange fruit citrus
9 shared compounds
26%

Compare Lime Peel Oil side-by-side

Lime Peel Oil vs Hyssop Oil Lime Peel Oil vs Lemon Peel Oil Lime Peel Oil vs Ginger Lime Peel Oil vs Cardamom Lime Peel Oil vs Laurel Lime Peel Oil vs Myrtle
Research basis

Lime Peel Oil is supported by 36 peer-reviewed papers

Drawn from PubMed + Europe PMC + food-science journals. Click any title to read the full abstract on the original source.
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