Palmarosa Oil

About the product
Palmarosa Oil
Common Name: Palmarosa
Botanical Name: Cymbopogon martinii stapf var. Motia

Source: Cultivated

Introduction / Varity of plant / Method of extraction / Distilled organ: Palmarosa oil is obtained from freshly cut whole flowering plant of Cymbopogon martinii stapf var. Motia.

1. Organoleptic Properties
Appearance Fluid liquid.
Color Pale yellow.
Aroma Sweet, floral-rosy.

2. Physico-chemical Properties
Specific gravity 0.8805 to 0.9007 at 25º C
Optical rotation [-] 0.5º to [+] 0.75º at 25º C
Refractive index 1.4750 to 1.4798 at 25º C
Acid number 0.85 to 10.5
Ester number 15 to 48.5
Ester number after acetylation 240 to 305
Solubility Soluble in 1.2 to 3.5 vol. of 70% alcohol
Total alcohol 80 to 96%
Free alcohol 62 to 84% (calculated as geraniol)

3. Uses
(a) For the isolation of high grade geraniol; in the cosmetics industry for scenting of soaps; in flavoring of tobacco.
(b) Medicinal & Aromatherapy use: Antiseptic and bactericide, stomachic, relieve the discomforts of flu and a high temperature, wrinkles, broken veins, boils, normalize thyroid, nervous exhaustion, stress related conditions.
Price
70$/kg
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