The main chemical compound found in cajeput oil, responsible for many of its medicinal and aromatic properties; a type of organic chemical.
Cajeput + -ol, a chemical suffix used to denote alcohols and aromatic compounds. The -ol ending is standard in chemical nomenclature for molecules with hydroxyl groups.
Scientists isolated the active ingredient in cajeput oil and named it 'cajeputol'—basically saying 'the alcohol-like thing that comes from cajeput,' which is how many plant chemicals got their chemical names.
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