Rue
From Wikur Essential Oils and Fragrances
sharp herbal fruity orange herbaceous bitter acrid
The main chemical components are 2-nonanone, 2-nonyl acetate, 2-undecanone, 2-butanone, psoralen, bergaptene and xanthotoxin. The ones you want are:
2-nonanone - this is methyl heptyl ketone - fruity fresh sweet green weedy earthy herbal
2-nonyl acetate - mentioned on leffingwell.com, but link is currently broken. There are two isomers, one being "typically fruity" and the other "flowery and more intense"
2-undecanone - this is methyl nonyl ketone - the component in Boundary -waxy fruity creamy fatty orris floral
2-butanone - this is methyl ethyl ketone - a common solvent similar to acetone, but slightly different smell
- angelicin : 0,36 %
- 1,8-cineole : 0,16 %
- para-cymene : 0,02 %
- 2-decanone : 1,31 %
- 2-decyl acetate : 0,33 %
- 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methyl phenol : 0,05 %
- dibutyl phthalate : 0,25 %
- 2-dodecanone : 0,54 %
- elemol : 0,18 %
- ethyl benzene : 0,02 %
- 2-heptanone : 0,01 %
- 3-hexen-1-ol : 0,07 %
- 3-hexen-1-yl acetate : 0,04 %
- 2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl methyl ketone : 0,02 %
- limonene : 0,09 %
- 2-methoxytoluene : 0,02 %
- methyl chavicol : 0,10 %
- 9-methyl-2-decanone : 0,12 %
- 11-methyl-2-dodecanone : 0,07 %
- 9-methyl-2-nonanone : 0,06 %
- 10-methyl-2-undecanone : 1,28 %
- 1-methyl-5,6-diethyl cyclohexene : 0,25 %
- nonanol : 0,07 %
- 2-nonanol : 0,73 %
- 2-nonanone : 24,12 %
- nonyl acetate : 0,57 %
- 2-nonyl acetate : 16,71 %
- 2-octanol : 0,02 %
- 2-octanone : 0,24 %
- octyl acetate : 0,21 %
- 2-octyl acetate : 0,48 %
- phytol : 0,86 %
- alpha-pinene : 0,02 %
- 2-tridecanone : 0,8 %
- 2-undecanone : 36,82 %
- 2-undecyl acetate : 3,04 %
Aromatherapy
Not recommended for Aromatherapy