A natural chemical compound found in essential oils of plants like oregano and thyme, known for antimicrobial properties.
Derived from caraway (the plant) and the chemical suffix -ol. Named because it was originally isolated from caraway seed oil, though it's actually found in many other aromatic plants.
Carvacrol is why oregano is nature's antibiotic—ancient people didn't know about molecular biology, but they noticed that oregano-rubbed meat lasted longer and wounds treated with thyme healed better, and now we know it's this single powerful molecule doing the work.
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