CHAMOMILE ESSENTIAL OIL
MODE OF EXTRACTION-
It is extracted from the flowers by steam distillation of Chamomile plant. The Roman chamomile yield about 1.7% from fresh flower and the German chamomile yield about 0.2-0.4%
USES-
This essential oil can be used with great effect on children when they fell irritable, impatient, and colicky. In general it is good for abdominal pain, gall bladder problems s well as for throat infections. It furthermore helps to relieve allergies, hay fever and asthma for the skin it can be used to calm acne, eczema, rashes, dry and itchy skin and other allergic condition on general.
The therapeutic properties of Chamomile essential oil are antibiotic, antiseptic anti-spasmodic, bactericidal, anti- anti infection, digestive, carminative, stomachic, , hepatic, tonic.
This essential oil has a calming effect on the mind and body and is excellent in treating any type of inflammation - be that internal or external. It is very effective on urinary stones (bladder gravel) as well. It furthermore stimulates the liver and gall bladder,
Roman chamomile can be used as a mouthwash for dental abscesses and tonsillitis.
PROPERTIES-
Chamomile essential oil has a sweet, apple-like fragrance and is very light clear blue in color with a watery viscosity, while the German chamomile oil is sweet and straw-like in fragrance, is dark blue in color and its viscosity is medium. The main chemical components of Roman chamomile oils are a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, 1,8-cineole, y-terpinene, caryophyllene, and propyl angelate and butyl angelate.
CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS
Product Name : Chamomile oil (Roman)
Batch no : BA/EO/FM/26-0408211
Mfg. Date : 04 Aug 2021
Expiry Date : 03 July 2024
Botanical name : Chamaemelum nobile L.
INCI name : Matricaria Recutita Flower Oil
Date of retest : 03 July 2022
Oragnoleptic properties
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Specification
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Test Method
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Result
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Appearance
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Yellow Blue green to yellow liquid
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Visual
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Complies
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Odour
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Pleasant, characteristic and floral odour
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Sensory
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Solubility
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Insoluble in water, soluble 1 vol. of solute in 3vol. of solvent (96%)
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In House Method
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Complies
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Physical Characteristic
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Refractive index @ 20 oC
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1.450 to 1.505
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BA-QC-016-008
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1.455
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Specific gravity @ 25 oC
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0.850 to 0.945
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BA-QC-016-007
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0.884
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Optical rotation
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+16.5 to -18.5
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BA-QC-016-048
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+1.25
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Acid value
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NMT 2.00mgKOH/gm
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BA-QC-016-001
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0.35
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Water content
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0.30% Max
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BA-QC-016-047
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0.15
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Chromatographic Analysis:%
Nerolidol
Farnisol
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22 to 55.0
7.5 to 32
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By GC
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25.65
10.2
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In the mention of the above product is of standards quality.
Storage: To keep the material cool and dark palace below at 25°C
Analyst Q.C. head |