Hyssop oil

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Hyssop oil from Hyssopus officinalis

Hyssop oil ( FEMA  2589 ) is an essential oil that is obtained from the leaves of hyssop ( Hyssopus officinalis ), a blue or white flowering herb or shrub native to the Mediterranean and Western Asia.

Manufacturing

For the production of hyssop oil, the flowering herb of hyssop is subjected to steam distillation . The volatile constituents of the herb are carried away by the hot water vapor; when it cools down, the mixture separates into two phases and the essential oil is separated out. The yield is up to 1%.

properties

safety instructions
Surname

Hyssop oil (hyssop oil)

CAS number
  • 8006-83-5
  • 84603-66-7
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
08 - Dangerous to health 09 - Dangerous for the environment 02 - Highly / extremely flammable 07 - Warning

danger

H and P phrases H: 226-304-317-411
P: 273-280-302 + 352-405-501

The colorless to greenish-yellow liquid is insoluble in water and has a smell that is described as spicy, camphor-like . The taste is bitter.

composition

Hyssop oil mainly consists of pinocamphone (7.5-25.4%), isopinocamphone (16.4-22.1%), pinocarvone (10.7-23%) and β- pinene (7.7-11, 3%), whereby the proportions vary over different years of cultivation and phenotypes .

Effects and uses

Hyssop oil is used in the spice industry, medicinally for gargle and eye lotions, as a light expectorant and antihidrotic . The contained stimulants of the central nervous system , thujones , pinocamphone and cineole , can lead to seizures.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on FEMA 2589 in the database of the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States .
  2. ↑ entry to hyssop oil in Sanabio , accessed on February 20 2017th
  3. ↑ a b Data sheet hyssop oil from Sanabio , accessed on February 20, 2017.
  4. ^ Entry on hyssop oil. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on February 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Franz von Bruchhausen: Hager's Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice. Springer-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 978-3-540-52688-9 , p. 870 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  6. ^ PR Burkhard, K. Burkhardt, CA Haenggeli, T. Landis: Plant-induced seizures: reappearance of an old problem. In: Journal of neurology. Volume 246, Number 8, August 1999, pp. 667-670, PMID 10460442 .