1,7-Di(methyl-d3)-naphthalene is the labeled analogue of 1,7-Dimethylnaphthalene (D476375), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) found in volatile oil of Phyllostachys violascens, Sinobambusa tootsik, Sasa subglabra and Pleioblastus kongosanensis leaf from different provenance and 1,7-dimethyl-naphthalene showed differential antioxidant activity.