Lemon oil

Drug ingredient

CAS 8008-56-8

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceNo public record

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Reckitt Benckiser

EPA-registered importers (4)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Reckitt Benckiser Group · GB United Kingdom

Berje

Givaudan Fragrances

International Flavors And Fragrances

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Chi Research, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•MRCL

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Fragrance in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (84%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fragrance in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable

Chemical Identity

CAS8008-56-8

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID2031530

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2031530Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07

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Brief citations

Lemon oil (CAS 8008-56-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/8008-56-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2031530. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2031530 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 8008-56-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 8008-56-8. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/