Table 2.

EOs’ chemical compounds and their bacterial target.

EOs	Compounds with Antimicrobial Effect	Inhibited Microorganism	Reference
Thyme oil	Thymol P-cymene Linalool	S. aureus	[47,48]
Clove oil	Eugenol Eugenol acetate Caryophylene	C. albicans	[21,49,50]
Lavender oil	Linalool Terpineol Caryophyllene Limonene Pinene	S. aureus C. albicans E. coli	[28,51,52]
Cinnamon oil	Cinnamaldehyde Eugenol Linalool	S. aureus S. sobrinus S. mutans L. acidophilus C. albicans P. gingivalis E. coli	[53,54]
Eucalyptus oil	Pinene Limonene Terpineol	S. aureus S. mutans	[55,56]
Lemon oil	Pinene Caryophyllene Linalool Citral Terpineol Limonene	C. albicans S. aureus E. coli	[55,57,58]