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Power:
CAS #: 8008-98-8
FEMA: 2225
EINECS: 287-316-4
Part used: Leaves and flowers
Extraction Type: Steam distilled
Packing: 180 kg drum
Cajeput Essential Oil (Melaleuca cajuputi minor)
Technical Data Sheet
Commodity: |
Cajeput Essential Oil |
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Other Names: |
N/A | |
Type: |
Essential Oil | |
Botanical Name: |
Melaleuca cajuputi minor | |
CAS #: |
8008-98-8 | |
FEMA: |
2225 | |
EINECS: |
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Part used: |
Leaves and flowers | |
Extraction Type: |
Steam distilled | |
Packing: |
180 kg drum | |
SPEFICIACTION |
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INDEX |
REQUIRMENTS | |
Colour and Appearance |
Colourless to yellow-greenish liquid | |
Odour |
Fresh and camphoraceous | |
Refractive Index @20℃ |
1.4660 - 1.4720 | |
Optical Rotation @20℃ |
-4° to 0° | |
Specific Gravity @20/20℃ |
0.915 - 0.932 | |
Eucalyptol (1,8-cineole) |
50%-65% | |
Flash point |
45°C +/- 2 (closed cup) |
Uses: Used as a fragrance and freshening agent in soaps, cosmetics, detergents and perfumes. Occasionally employed as a flavor component in food products and soft drinks.
Therapeutic uses: clears and stimulates the mind, aiding in concentration. relieve pain in muscular aches, arthritis, and rheumatism, colds, headaches, throat infections, toothache, sore and aching muscles, fever (cholera), rheumatism and various skin diseases.
Cautions: Normally non-toxic, non-sensitizing, may irritate some skin types
Note: The information in area "Therapeutic uses" and/or "Cautions" is for educational purposes only.