Table 5.

Toxic effects and doses of several compounds found in EOs.

Toxic Compound	Effect	Toxic Dose	Reference
Pulegone	hepatotoxic irritant carcinogenic	>460 mg/bw/day	[9,24]
Methyl eugenol	carcinogenic genotoxic	>37 mg/kg bw/day	[9,67]
Eugenol	genotoxic allergic contact dermatitis asthma rhinitis	>35 mg/kg bw	[8,9,67]
Camphor	gastrointestinal disorders neurotoxic seizures	>30 mg/kg bw	[9]
Thujone	neurotoxic	>25 mg/kg bw	[9,58]
Limonene	irritant carcinogenic nephrotoxic	>500 mg/kg bw/day	[38,50,58,90]
Linalool	ataxia narcosis	>2.79 g/kg/day	[58]
Terpinene	mutagenic	>3.65 g/kg/day	[58]
Pinene	irritant	>5 g/kg/day	[58]