bergamot essential oil

Bergapten-free bergamot essential oil or synthetics are now used in perfumery.

Approximately one third of all men's and about half of women's perfumes contain bergamot essential oil.

Bergamot essential oil has been found to reduce excitotoxic damage to cultured human neuronal cells in vitro, and may therefore have neuroprotective properties.

Bergapten (5-methoxypsoralen) is a psoralen (also known as furocoumarins) found in bergamot essential oil, in other citrus essential oils, and in grapefruit juice.