Kobashi Clove Bud Essential Oil
LATIN NAME: Eugenia caryophyllata
SOURCE: steamed distilled from the dried buds
COLOUR: Clear light amber
ORIGIN: Indonesia
AROMA: Characteristic of fresh ground cloves, heady, rich creamy warm, sweet and spicy
QUALITIES: Warming and stimulating. Ideal for a warming massage, ideal in a muscle rub. This oil must be well diluted if used on the skin. Vaporize during winter months when many people are suffering from colds and flu. Clove is a powerful antiseptic, a 1% solution is four times more effective than phenol, and may well be of use in hospitals and other institutions where mutated bacteria are a problem. Used in dentistry, toothpaste, beverages and soaps. Repels insects. Blends well with orange, nutmeg and cinnamon.
A member of the Myrtaceae family, native to Indonesia, it is a slender evergreen tree growing up to twelve metres high, it has bright green leaves standing in pairs on short stems. At the start of the rainy season long buds appear with rosy-pink corolla at the tip; as the corolla fades the calyx slowly turns deep red. These are beaten from the tree, and when dried provide cloves which are sold as a spice, ground and whole. Three types of oil are produced from the same tree; Clovebud, clove leaf and stem. Leaf and stem oil should not be used in Aromatherapy.
GC-MS Analysis Component identification The different components of each oil are identified using the following databases;Comparison of the GC retention time with a retention time library.Comparison of the mass spectrum with the Wiley275.L, Wiley7n.L, and HPCH1607.L mass spectra librarys, containing over 360 000 entries.
| RT | % | Constituent | Wiley # | CAS No. | |
|
9.90 |
0.06 |
Furfural |
5023 |
000098-01-1 |
* |
|
15.10 |
0.01 |
Furfural, 5-methyl |
9682 |
000620-02-0 |
* |
|
20.79 |
0.004 |
Nonan-2-one |
29808 |
000821-55-6 |
* |
|
25.14 |
0.003 |
Ethyl benzoate |
35335 |
000093-89-0 |
* |
|
26.41 |
0.04 |
Methyl salicylate |
37109 |
000119-36-8 |
* |
|
28.88 |
0.04 |
Chavicol |
23049 |
000501-92-8 |
|
|
34.69 |
80.44 |
Eugenol |
48964 |
000097-53-0 |
|
|
35.65 |
0.01 |
Methyl eugenol |
62369 |
000093-15-2 |
|
|
36.01 |
0.02 |
Caryophyllene,.gamma. |
89666 |
000118-65-0 |
* |
|
36.21 |
0.06 |
Vanillin |
37179 |
000121-33-5 |
|
|
36.94 |
7.76 |
Caryophyllene.beta. |
89657 |
000087-44-5 |
|
|
37.91 |
0.02 |
Isoeugenol, trans-Â |
48808 |
005932-68-3 |
|
|
38.31 |
0.67 |
Humulene.alpha. |
89650 |
006753-98-6 |
|
|
40.70 |
9.80 |
Eugenyl acetate |
91137 |
000093-28-7 |
|
|
40.88 |
0.01 |
Calamenene (isomer unclear) |
00000 |
000000-00-0 |
|
|
43.41 |
0.07 |
Caryophyllene alcohol .alpha.- |
108261 |
004586-22-5 |
* |
|
43.66 |
0.44 |
Caryophyllene oxide |
106030 |
001139-30-6 |
|
|
44.70 |
0.04 |
Humulene epoxide II |
106154 |
019888-34-7 |
* |
|
46.26 |
0.02 |
Caryophyllene, 14-hydroxy-9-epi, (E)- |
00000 |
79768-25-5 |
* |
|
50.58 |
0.01 |
Benzyl benzoate |
98010 |
000120-51-4 |
* most likely match above
Alleged FRAGRANCE ALLERGENS DATA SCCNFP SENSITIZERS*
Clovebud oil:
Eugenol 97-53-0: 80.44%
Isoeugenol, trans-005932-68-3 0.02%
Benzyl benzoate 000120-51-4: 0.01%
*as defined by the SCCNFP and in accordance to the 7th Amendment to the European Cosmetic Directive 76/768/EEC as published in the Official Journal No. L66 of the European Union. The presence of the above 26 fragrance ingredients are indicated if they exceed 0.01% for rinse-off and 0.001% for leave-on products.