EssOilDB 2.0

Exploring the diversity of essential oil compounds from nature to bioactivity — a comprehensive resource for plant chemotaxonomy and phytochemistry.

🌿 10,000+ Compounds 🌱 2000+ Plant Species 🧪 200+ Activities 🌍2000+ Evidence Research Coverage

Plant Name

Compound Name

Activity

Family

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DataBase Overview

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Diverse Plants

2000+ plant species across 117 families from global collections

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Plant Parts

Leaves, flowers, barks, seeds, roots and aerial parts

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Phytochemicals

10,000+ diverse chemical constituents with SMILES & InChIKey

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Bioactivities

Antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic & more

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Chemotaxonomic Similarity

Similar chemical profiles across related species

Explore the database

Navigate through plants, compounds, activities and publications

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Browse Plants

Search by scientific name, genus or family

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Advanced Search

Filter by compound, activity, plant part & more

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Chemical Profiles

View full essential oil profiles per species

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Statistics

Database-wide stats, distributions & charts

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Publications

Citations, DOIs and linked literature

Why EssOilDB

From literature data collections to chemotaxonomic analysis

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Global Coverage

Records from hundreds of locations worldwide including country, city and States

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Bioactivity Links

Compounds annotated with known biological activities including antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic data.

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Evidence Backed

Every record traceable to its source DOI with journal name, year and abstract via Ope.

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Extraction Details

Hydro-distillation, supercritical CO₂ and other methods recorded per data point.

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Chemotaxonomy

Discover which plant species share similar chemical fingerprints across families and genera.