Product

Product Name     : Geranium oil     

Batch no               : BA/EO/FM/57-2704201

Mfg. Date             :  27 April 2021

Expiry Date         :  26 March 2024

Botanical name  : Pelargonium graveolens                  

INCI name           : Pelargonium graveolens Flower Oil

Date of retest       : 26 March 2022

 

Oragnoleptic properties

Specification

Test Method

Result

Appearance

Yellow green to greenish liquid

Visual

Complies

Odour 

Pleasant and  sweet and flower, odour

Sensory

 

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble 1 vol. of solute in 3vol. of solvent (96%)

In House Method

Complies

Physical Characteristic

 

 

 

Refractive index @ 20 oC

1.456 to 1.485

BA-QC-016-008

1.465

Specific gravity @ 25 oC

0.855  to 0.898

BA-QC-016-007

0.885

Optical rotation

-18.5 to +14.5

BA-QC-016-048

-9.25

Acid value

NMT 2.00mgKOH/gm

BA-QC-016-001

0.35

Water content

0.20% Max

BA-QC-016-047

0.15

Chromatographic Analysis:%

Citronellol content

 

 50.22 Min

 

 

By GC

 

70.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the mention of the above product  is of standards quality.  

 

Storage: To keep the material cool and dark palace below at 25°C        

 

MODE OF EXTRACTION-

Geranium oil is extracted from leaves and stalks by steam distillation of Geranium plant.

USES-

 It can be used to help in the treatment of acne, eczema, hemorrhoids, burns, dermatitis, cuts, lice, as mosquito repellant, ringworm, ulcers, edema, poor circulation, sore throat, tonsillitis, stress and neuralgia.

The therapeutic properties of geranium oil are astringent, diuretic, deodorant, styptic, haemostatic, vulnerary and tonic.

It will help to balance the oil production of the skin and help keep it supple, while the cicatrizing properties ensure that it is helpful in wound healing, including burns, wounds and ulcers.

Geranium oil can also be diluted in shampoo to help with head lice.

PROPERTIES-

It has a sweet and rosy smell with a mint overtone and is mostly colorless, but can have a slight light green color to it. It is watery in viscosity.

If the oil is made from the leaves when they start turning yellow it has a stronger rose aroma then the younger, greener leaves

The essential oil is composed of various chemical constituents and includes a-pinene, myrcene, limonene, menthone, linalool, geranyl acetate, citronellol, geraniol and geranyl butyrate.

The plant was first time originated from South Africa.