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dried lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

Fragrant buds for calm and sleep.

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dried lavender

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₁₀H₁₈O
linalool
C₁₀H₁₈O

33.6 to 46.1% of the flower oil, and with linalyl acetate one of the two quality markers for lavender.

C₁₂H₂₀O₂
linalyl acetate
C₁₂H₂₀O₂

24.7 to 32.7% of the flower oil, the ester that makes lavender read sweet rather than sharp.