[7] It is also found in tequila[8] and Lippia graveolens (Mexican oregano) in the verbena family.

The fusion of cymol sulfonic acid with caustic potash results in desulfonation.

Prolonged heating of camphor and iodine or carvone with glacial phosphoric acid have also been demonstrated.

Oxidation with ferric chloride converts it into dicarvacrol, whilst phosphorus pentachloride transforms it into chlorcymol.

[5] In vitro, carvacrol has antimicrobial activity against 25 different phytopathogenic bacteria and strains including:[20] Cladosporium herbarum,[20] Penicillium glabrum,[20] Pseudomonas syringae,[21] and fungi such as Fusarium verticillioides/F.