Cajeput oil
Cajeput oil is an essential oil made by steam distilling the leaves and smaller branches of various cajeput trees such as Melaleuca leucadendra and Melaleuca cajuputi . Cajeput is a main component of olbas oil and is also contained in Tiger Balm .
The name Cajeput is a Germanization of Kayuputi , which has its origin in Sulawesi ( Indonesia ) and means "white wood". Accordingly, the name in English is cajuput oil .
properties
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The oil has a scent reminiscent of eucalyptus , is strongly antiseptic and contains high levels of terpenes . The colorless, water-insoluble liquid with a density of 0.92 g · cm −3 consists mainly (up to 40–60%) of eucalyptol (1,8-cineol); many other substances are also included.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cajuput Oil . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 4 : Bishārīn - Calgary . London 1910, p. 961 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- ↑ a b c data sheet CAJEPUTÖL, of course (PDF) from Carl Roth , accessed on July 29, 2017.
- ^ Ian Southwell, Robert Lowe: Tea Tree: The Genus Melaleuca. Harwood Academics, 1999, ISBN 90-5702-417-9 , p. 214.