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. 2017 Apr 14;22(4):591. doi: 10.3390/molecules22040591

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Schematic overview of the chemical structure of major essential oils. The straight black arrow shows the toxicity of the constituents subsequently. The curved red and blue arrows indicates different positions for double bands which makes two different isomers for citral. The circle dashed lines demonstrate the hydroxyl groups which probably attach to the bacteria. The cross red lines shows no possibility for citronellal to make any isomer.