Description General description Phytol is a diterpene alcohol and is widely used as a food additive and in medicinal field. It undergoes Mitsunobu reaction with 5-fluorouridine to yield the nucleoterpenes. Application Phytol was used to investigate the electroantennogram response of males and females of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella to various plant volatiles. It was used in the synthesis of pristanic acid (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecanoic acid). Packaging 10, 50 g in glass bottle Biochem/physiol Actions Phytol exhibits potential anti-Schistosomal properties. It induces sedative and anxiolytic-like effects in mice.