“…On the other hand, Eug is the natural constituent of clove, basil, cinnamon and other variety of plants [23]. It is to be noted that Eug being a phenol, (i.e., allyl chain-substituted guaiacol) and GA a phenolic acid are generally expected to undergo esteri cation reaction [24]. However, it has been extensively shown in numerous previous works that phenolic acids can considerably react with phenols to form esters only in the presence of particular catalysts [25].…”