Difference between revisions of "Opoponax"
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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
* Botanical Name : commiphora erythraea var. glabrescens / Commiphora guidottii | * Botanical Name : commiphora erythraea var. glabrescens / Commiphora guidottii | ||
* Other Names : bisabol myrrh, sweet myrrh | * Other Names : bisabol myrrh, sweet myrrh | ||
* CAS Number : 8021-36-1 | * CAS Number : 8021-36-1 | ||
| − | * Origin : Kenya, Somalia | + | * Origin : Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia |
==Extraction Method== | ==Extraction Method== | ||
* Parts Used : resin | * Parts Used : resin | ||
Revision as of 13:51, 4 July 2016
Contents
Classification
- Botanical Name : commiphora erythraea var. glabrescens / Commiphora guidottii
- Other Names : bisabol myrrh, sweet myrrh
- CAS Number : 8021-36-1
- Origin : Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
Extraction Method
- Parts Used : resin
- Steam distillation / Solvent Extraction
- Physical Description : amber brown semi-solid
Olfactory Description
- Family : Resin
- Perfumery Note: Middle/Base/fixative
- sweet balsam balsamic spicy warm animal oriental
Chemical Constituents
- Beta-ocimene : 46 %
- Alpha-bisabolene
- Alpha-bisabolol : 1,76 %
- Alpha-santalene : 14,53 %
- Beta‐santalene : 0,46 %
- Beta-bergamotene : 0,20 %
- Alpha-bergamotene : 5,40 %
- furanoeudsmadiene : 0,40 %
- Germacrene D
- Decanol : 0,54 %
- Beta-farnesene : 0,40 %
- Alpha‐santalal : 0,47 %
- Curzerene : 0,28 %
- Alpha‐pinene : 0,22 %
- Delta-3-carene : 0,19 %
- Delta-limonene : 0.16 %