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. 2005 Jun;49(6):2474–2478. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.6.2474-2478.2005

TABLE 3.

Relative lipophilicity (Rm) value and water solubility of thymol, (+)menthol, and linalyl acetate

Drug Rm Water solubilitya
Linalyl acetate −1.079 Insoluble
(+)Menthol 0.200 Slightly solubleb
Thymol 0.111 Slightly solubleb
a

See reference 16.

b

Equals 100 to 1,000 milliliters of solvent per gram of solute.