C20: from nerol (an alcohol from neroli oil) + -al3
Examples of 'neral' in a sentence
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Neral, geranial, and citronellal were the major constituents.
Ana Carolina B. Sodré, José Magno Q. Luz, Lenita L. Haber, Marcia O. M. Marques, CarlosR. Rodrigues, Arie F. Blank 2011, 'Organic and mineral fertilization and chemical composition of lemon balm (Melissaofficinalis) essential oil', Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-695X2012000100006&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The majority of essential oil compounds were geranial and neral.
Alessandra Farias Millezi, Danila Soares Caixeta, Diogo Francisco Rossoni, Maria dasGraças Cardoso, Roberta Hilsdorf Piccoli 2012, 'In vitro antimicrobial properties of plant essential oils thymus vulgaris, cymbopogoncitratus and laurus nobilis against five important foodborne pathogens', Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612012000100025&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Geranial and neral levels were higher in all origins and as drying periods were longer.
I.C.M Dabague, C Deschamps, A.F Mógor, A.P Scheer, L Côcco 2011, 'Essential oil yield and composition of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) rhizomesafter different drying periods Teor e composição de óleo essencial de rizomas de gengibre(Zingiber officinale Roscoe) após diferentes períodos de secagem', Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinaishttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-05722011000100012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, in the second cut the oils from all accessions appeared very similar with 80–90% geranial plus neral.
Remigius Chizzola, Ulrike Lohwasser, Chlodwig Franz 2018, 'Biodiversity within Melissa officinalis: Variability of Bioactive Compounds in a CultivatedCollection', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/2/294. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At the first stage, the highest percentages belonged to limonene (39.38%), geranial (14.32%) and neral (11.01%).
Esfahani Razieh Ebadati, Moradi Pejman 2017, 'Experimental Paper. The effect of different development stages on the quantity andquality of the essential oil of Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle in Iran', Herba Polonicahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hepo.2017.63.issue-1/hepo-2017-0003/hepo-2017-0003.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Subspecies officinalis plants had leaf oils rich in geranial, neral and citronellal in various proportions in the first cut.
Remigius Chizzola, Ulrike Lohwasser, Chlodwig Franz 2018, 'Biodiversity within Melissa officinalis: Variability of Bioactive Compounds in a CultivatedCollection', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/2/294. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)