“…To our knowledge, isolation and biological activity of medium-chain fatty acids from the Eugenia genus have not been previously reported. Thus far, phytochemical studies of other Eugenia species with pesticidal properties have reported the presence of caryophyllene oxide, cineol, cymene, elemene, eudesmol, eugenol, furanodiene, furanoelemene, germacrene, linalool, phytol, Selina-1,3,7(11)-trien-8-one, and terpinene, as the most abundant metabolites in essential oils of leaves [22,23,24,25,26,27,37,39,40,41]. It was surprising to find that E. winzerlingii leaves do not biosynthesize essential oils.…”