Classification
- Botanical Name : Elettaria cardamomum
- Other Names : Green Cardamom, Amomum cardamomum, Bai Dou Kou, Black Cardamom, Cardamome, Cardamome de Malabar, Cardamome Noire, Cardamome de Sri Lanka, Cardamome Verte, Cardamomo, Cardamom Essential Oil, Cardomom, Cardomomi Fructus, Ela, Elettaria cardamomum, Green Cardamom, Huile Essentielle de Cardamome, Indian Cardamom, Lesser Cardamom..
- CAS Number : 8000-66-6
- Origin : India, Sri Lanka
- Parts Used : Seeds
- Crop : December to March
- Steam Distilled
- Physical Description : Colorless to pale yellow liquid
Olfactory Description
- Family : Spicy
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Spicy, woody, rich, sweet.
Aromatherapy
Chemical Constituents
- 1,8-cineole : 38,80 - 48,4 %
- alpha-terpinyl acetate : 24,60 %
- geraniol : 0,20 - 1,6 %
- geranyl acetate : 0,80 %
- limonene : 4 - 6 %
- linalool : 1,2 - 5,70 %
- linalyl acetate : 0,2 - 1 %
- nerolidol : Trace
- alpha-pinene : 2,30 %
- beta-pinene : 6,20 %
- sabinene : 4,20 %
- terpinen-4-ol : 1,4 - 2 %
- alpha-terpineol : 1,9 - 3,4 %
- borneol : 0,3 %
- geranial : 0,3 %
- carvone : 0,15 %
- neral : 0,15 %
References
Last modified on 25 March 2017, at 02:15