Annapurna Aroma - Kathmandu, Nepal

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.

Chamomile Oil
Common Name: Blue-German Chamomile
Botanical Name: Matricaria chamomilla L.

Source: Cultivated

Introduction / Varity of plant / Method of extraction / Distilled organ: It is obtained from the flowers with stalks of Matricaria chamomilla L. (syn. Chamomilia recutita Rauschert.) through steam distillation

1. Organoleptic Properties
Appearance Viscous liquid
Color Dark blue
Aroma Intensely sweet, herbaceous-cournarin-like with a fresh-fruity undertone
2. Physico-chemical Properties
Specific gravity 0.8995 to 0.9128 at 25º C
Refractive index 1.480 to 1.5055 at 25º C
Acid number 4 to 15.7
Ester number 5 to 15
Ester number after acetylation 65 to 1 10
Solubility Soluble in 90% alcohol with separation of paraffins

3. Uses
(a) In cosmetics, perfumery and as a flavoring agent
(b) Medicinal & Aromatherapy use: Skin care (most skin-types), acne, allergies, boils burns, eczema, inflamed skin conditions, earache, wounds, menstrual pain, premenstrual syndrome, headache, insomnia, nervous tension and other stress related disorders, digestive. It is used commercially in shampoos for fair hair and it can lighten hair color

Lemongrass Oil
Common Name: Lemongrass
Botanical Name: Cymbopogon flexuosus (D. C.) Stapf.

Source: Cultivated

Introduction / Varity of plant / Method of extraction / Distilled organ: Lemongrass oil is obtained by steam distillation of partially wilted leaves of Cymbopogon flexuosus (D. C.) Stapf.

1. Organoleptic Properties
Appearance Fluid liquid.
Color Deep yellow to orange-brown.
Aroma Fresh-grassy lemon-type.

2. Physico-chemical Properties
Specific gravity 0.8725 to 0.8965 at 25º C
Optical rotation [-] 1.25º to [-] 5º at 25º C.
Refractive index 1.4850 to 1.4936 at 25º C
Acid number 2 to 10
Ester number 15 to 40
Ester number after acetylation 220 to 260
Solubility Soluble in 0.5 to 1.5 vol. of 80% alcohol
Aldehyde content 70 to 85% (Hydroxylamine hydrochloride method)

3. Uses
(a) In flavors, cosmetics and perfumery.
(b) Medicinal & Aromatherapy use: Athlete's foot, insect repellent, scabies, muscular aches and pains, poor circulation, insufficient milk in breast feeding mothers, colitis, indigestion, fevers, infections illness, headaches, nervous exhaustion and other stress related disorders.