Sweet Orange
From Wikur Essential Oils and Fragrances
Contents
Classification
- Botanical Name : Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
- Other Names : Citrus x aurantium var. sinensis
- CAS Number : 8008-57-9
- Origin : Brazil
Extraction Method
- Parts Used : The peel of the fruit picked at its ripe stage and then dried.
- Crop : July to October
- Cold-pressing of the peels, is made in several countries in conjunction with orange juice production.
- Physical Description : Orange liquid
Olfactory Description
- Family : Citrus
- Perfumery Note: Top
- Orange Citrus, fresh, zesty, sugary, juicy, sweet, aldehydic
Chemical Constituents
- Limonene : 89 - 97,0 %
- alpha-pinene : 0 - 1,4 %
- Sabinene : 0 - 0,785 %
- beta-bisabolene : 1,29 %
- beta-pinene : 0 - 1 %
- Myrcene : 0,03 - 4,3 %
- Linalool : 0,25 - 0,8 %
- Octanal : 0,31 - 0,517 %
- nonanol : 0,67 %
- Neral : 0,25 %
- Decanal : 0 - 0,4 %
- Geranial : 0,19 %
- linalyl acetate : 0,14 %
- alpha-sinensal : 0,023 %
- beta-sinensal : 0,030 %
- Auraptene : 0,09 %
Aromatherapy
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