Kobashi Melissa Essential Oil
$458
KOBASHI MELISSA OIL 100% Pure AKA lemon balm
LATIN NAME: Melissa officinalis.
SOURCE: steamed distilled from the flowering herb
COLOUR: clear pale yellow
ORIGIN: England
AROMA: Lemon like but with a full grass/earthy note. Has the characteristics of the fresh herb.
QUALITIES: Soothing and uplifting to both mind and body. Gerarde the famous herbalist says that Melissa "maketh the heart merry and joyful and strengthen the vital spirits" Very helpful during times of anxiety or shock. An excellent nerve tonic. Helpful skin care oil especially if oily , or prone to allergies. Helpful in regulating the female cycle. Melissa is also known as bee balm due to it being a great favourite of bees.
Called 'The Elixer of Life' by Paracelsus.
best-aromatherapy-herb-for-alzheimers
Although Melissa grows easily the yield of oil from the plant is very small hence its great cost. Beware as much Melissa on the market is adulterated. If used on the skin use in dilution's of 1% or less.
Blends well with Lavender, the citrus and floral oils.
A member of the Lamiaceae family, soft and bushy perennial up to sixty centimetres high, woody stem and bright green, oval, serrated leaves and tiny pink white flowers. A native to the Mediterranean.
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY norm NF ISO 11024
Analysis conditions :
CPG 5890 / MS 5970 - Column : VF WAX polar 60 m 0,25 mm 0,5 µm
CPG 5890 FID - Column : HP INNOWAX polar 60 m 0,25 mm 0,5 µm
Temperature program : 6 mn to 60 °C -2 °C/mn 250 °C - 20mn to 250 °C
Carrier gas He : 23 psis/MS - 30 psis/FID
Sample injection / split : 1 µl of 10 % solution in hexane,
Mass range : 30 to 350, Oil components are identified by a combination of retention times
database and mass spectra library NKS 75 000 records,
Percentages are calculated from GC/FID peaks areas without using corrections factors,
RT (min) Compound name %
5,7 CYCLOALKYL COMPOUND 0,01
5,9 FURAN METHYL 0,01
6,0 METHYL METHYLETHYL CYCLOPENTANE 0,01
6,3 BUTANAL 2-METHYL 0,06
6,4 ISOVALERALDEHYDE 0,07
7,1 FURAN, 2-ETHYL 0,03
8,2 CYCLOHEXENE ETHYL 0,01
9,5 a-PINENE 0,04
9,6 a-THUYENE 0,01
9,7 PRENOL 0,01
10,3 FURAN, 2,5-DIETHYLTETRAHYDRO 0,01
11,9 HEXANAL 0,02
13,3 b-PINENE 0,01
13,8 SABINENE 0,01
16,0 b-MYRCENE 0,10
17,4 2,3-DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE 0,01
17,8 ISOAMYL ALCOHOL 0,01
18,3 LIMONENE 0,04
18,9 1,8-CINEOLE 0,01
19,3 MENTHATRIENE ISOMER 0,01
19,6 2-HEXENAL 0,06
20,0 FURAN, 2-PENTYL 0,06
20,3 Cis-b-OCIMENE 0,31
20,9 ARBUSCULONE ISOMERE 0,01
21,1 g-TERPINENE 0,01
21,5 Trans-b-OCIMENE 3,00
21,8 3-OCTANONE 0,13
22,3 HEXYL ACETATE 0,01
22,7 p-CYMENE 0,01
23,6 TERPINOLENE 0,01
23,7 ISOBUTYL ANGELATE 0,01
23,8 OCTANAL 0,01
24,0 ALIPHATIC ESTER 0,01
24,2 MENTHADIENE ISOMER 0,01
24,5 Cis-3-HEXENYL ACETATE 0,05
26,2 HEXENYL ACETATE ISOMER 0,01
26,5 2-HEPTENAL 0,02
27,1 6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE 0,58
27,7 1-HEXANOL 0,01
28,3 ROSE cis-OXIDE 0,15
29,3 ROSE trans-OXIDE 0,06
29,5 METHALLYL ANGELATE 0,01
29,8 ALLO-OCIMENE 0,02
30,1 3-HEXEN-1-OL 0,01
30,4 3-OCTANOL 0,03
30,5 2-METHYLBUTYL ANGELATE 0,05
30,9 ISOAMYL ANGELATE 0,02
31,1 NONANAL 0,34
31,3 ANISALDEHYDE TRIMETHYL 0,10
32,3 Cis-p-MENTHANE-3,8-DIOL 0,02
32,9 PERILLENE + Trans-p-MENTHANE-3,8-DIOL 0,01
33,1 PHOTOCITRAL ISOMERE Mw=152 0,12
33,6 AROMATIC COMPOUND 0,04
33,8 a,p-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0,05
34,2 1-OCTEN-3-OL + LINALOOL cis-OXIDE 0,33
35,1 6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-OL 0,02
35,5 a-CUBEBENE 0,06
36,1 NERYL OXIDE 0,03
36,8 CITRONNELLAL 4,06
37,2 ISOGERANIAL 0,35
38,1 a-COPAENE 1,82
48,8 ISONERAL 0,40
39,3 a-BOURBONENE 0,06
39,8 b-BOURBONENE 0,54
40,6 LINALOL 0,95
41,0 PHOTOCITRAL A 1,04
42,1 METHYL CITRONELLATE 0,58
42,3 NEOISOPULEGOL 0,04
42,8 ISOPULEGOL + PHOTOCITRAL B 0,64
43,4 e-CADINENE 0,38
44,4 b-ELEMENE 0,67
44,6 TERPINENE-4-OL 0,09
45,3 b-CARYOPHYLLENE 21,81
45,8 SESQUITERPENE 0,04
46,2 Cis-p-MENTHA-1,8-DIEN-2-OL 0,10
46,8 CADINA-3,5-DIENE 0,11
47,1 METHYL GERANATE 0,14
47,5 CADINADIENE ISOMER 0,09
47,6 SESQUITERPENE 0,09
48,0 ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0,12
48,7 E-b-FARNESENE 0,96
49,0 ZONARENE 0,12
49,5 a-HUMULENE 1,87
50,0 NERAL 10,53
50,3 METHYL GERANATE 0,42
50,5 g-MUUROLENE 0,43
50,8 GERANYL FORMIATE 0,08
52,0 SESQUITERPENE 0,20
52,3 GERMACRENE D 13,15
52,4 Z,E-a-FARNESENE 1,60
52,9 a-MUUROLENE 0,20
53,1 GERANIAL 16,20
53,5 BICYCLOGERMACRENE 0,20
53,6 a-FARNESENE 0,79
54,0 GERANYL ACETATE 0,84
54,2 CITRONELLOL 0,75
54,5 d-CADINENE 1,98
54,8 g-CADINENE 0,61
55,3 METHYL SALICYLATE 0,04
56,1 CADINA-1,4-DIENE 0,07
56,2 NEROL 0,46
56,6 a-AMORPHENE 0,19
56,8 cis-ISOGERANIOL 0,01
57,0 Trans-ISOGERANIOL 0,02
57,4 ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDE 0,02
57,6 2,4-DECADIENAL 0,04
58,1 b-DAMASCENONE 0,04
58,5 HYDROXY PHENYL PROPANONE Mw=150 0,02
58,8 GERANIOL 1,44
59,8 E-GERANYLACETONE 0,03
61,8 AROMATIC COMPOUND 0,06
62,0 EPI-CUBEBOL 0,09
63,6 CALACORENE 0,03
64,3 HUMULENE EPOXIDE 0,15
64,8 CUBEBOL 0,13
65,3 AROMATIC COMPOUND 0,03
66,6 SESQUITERPENIC EPOXIDE 0,04
67,0 SESQUITERPENOL 0,02
67,2 ISOCARYOPHYLLENE EPOXIDE 0,20
67,8 CARYOPHYLLENE EPOXIDE 1,65
68,6 METHYL METHYL BENZOATE 0,04
69,5 NEROLIDOL 0,10
70,6 GERMACRA-1,5-DIEN-4-OL 0,57
70,7 Epoxy-6,7-HUMULENE 0,10
71,2 Epi-CUBENOL 0,10
71,6 CUBENOL 0,09
72,2 SESQUITERPENOL 0,05
74,5 TRIMETHYL PENTADECANONE 0,19
74,6 SPATHULENOL 0,01
75,7 FOKIENOL 0,07
75,8 EUGENOL 0,08
76,6 T-CADINOL 0,27
77,5 a-MUUROLOL 0,31
78,0 CADINOL ISOMER 0,11
78,7 GERANYL-a-TERPINENE ISOMER 0,09
79,6 a-CADINOL 0,50
79,7 CITRONELLIC ACID 0,10
81,7 NERIC ACID 0,18
82,6 GERANYL-p-CYMENE ISOMERE 0,03
82,8 CARYOPHYLLA-3,7-DIEN-6-OL 0,06
83,8 GERANIC ACID 0,31
85,5 ALIPHATIC COMPOUND 0,02
85,8 SESQUITERPENOL Mw=220 0,03
86,4 SESQUITERPENIC EPOXYDE 0,07
95,4 OCTADECANOL 0,06
96,5 PHYTOL 0,09
Allergens(%)
18,3 LIMONENE 0,04%
40,6 LINALOL 0,95%
50,0 NERAL 10,53%
53,1 GERANIAL 16,20%
58,8 GERANIOL 1,44%
75,8 EUGENOL 0,08%
LATIN NAME: Melissa officinalis.
SOURCE: steamed distilled from the flowering herb
COLOUR: clear pale yellow
ORIGIN: England
AROMA: Lemon like but with a full grass/earthy note. Has the characteristics of the fresh herb.
QUALITIES: Soothing and uplifting to both mind and body. Gerarde the famous herbalist says that Melissa "maketh the heart merry and joyful and strengthen the vital spirits" Very helpful during times of anxiety or shock. An excellent nerve tonic. Helpful skin care oil especially if oily , or prone to allergies. Helpful in regulating the female cycle. Melissa is also known as bee balm due to it being a great favourite of bees.
Called 'The Elixer of Life' by Paracelsus.
best-aromatherapy-herb-for-alzheimers
Although Melissa grows easily the yield of oil from the plant is very small hence its great cost. Beware as much Melissa on the market is adulterated. If used on the skin use in dilution's of 1% or less.
Blends well with Lavender, the citrus and floral oils.
A member of the Lamiaceae family, soft and bushy perennial up to sixty centimetres high, woody stem and bright green, oval, serrated leaves and tiny pink white flowers. A native to the Mediterranean.
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY norm NF ISO 11024
Analysis conditions :
CPG 5890 / MS 5970 - Column : VF WAX polar 60 m 0,25 mm 0,5 µm
CPG 5890 FID - Column : HP INNOWAX polar 60 m 0,25 mm 0,5 µm
Temperature program : 6 mn to 60 °C -2 °C/mn 250 °C - 20mn to 250 °C
Carrier gas He : 23 psis/MS - 30 psis/FID
Sample injection / split : 1 µl of 10 % solution in hexane,
Mass range : 30 to 350, Oil components are identified by a combination of retention times
database and mass spectra library NKS 75 000 records,
Percentages are calculated from GC/FID peaks areas without using corrections factors,
RT (min) Compound name %
5,7 CYCLOALKYL COMPOUND 0,01
5,9 FURAN METHYL 0,01
6,0 METHYL METHYLETHYL CYCLOPENTANE 0,01
6,3 BUTANAL 2-METHYL 0,06
6,4 ISOVALERALDEHYDE 0,07
7,1 FURAN, 2-ETHYL 0,03
8,2 CYCLOHEXENE ETHYL 0,01
9,5 a-PINENE 0,04
9,6 a-THUYENE 0,01
9,7 PRENOL 0,01
10,3 FURAN, 2,5-DIETHYLTETRAHYDRO 0,01
11,9 HEXANAL 0,02
13,3 b-PINENE 0,01
13,8 SABINENE 0,01
16,0 b-MYRCENE 0,10
17,4 2,3-DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE 0,01
17,8 ISOAMYL ALCOHOL 0,01
18,3 LIMONENE 0,04
18,9 1,8-CINEOLE 0,01
19,3 MENTHATRIENE ISOMER 0,01
19,6 2-HEXENAL 0,06
20,0 FURAN, 2-PENTYL 0,06
20,3 Cis-b-OCIMENE 0,31
20,9 ARBUSCULONE ISOMERE 0,01
21,1 g-TERPINENE 0,01
21,5 Trans-b-OCIMENE 3,00
21,8 3-OCTANONE 0,13
22,3 HEXYL ACETATE 0,01
22,7 p-CYMENE 0,01
23,6 TERPINOLENE 0,01
23,7 ISOBUTYL ANGELATE 0,01
23,8 OCTANAL 0,01
24,0 ALIPHATIC ESTER 0,01
24,2 MENTHADIENE ISOMER 0,01
24,5 Cis-3-HEXENYL ACETATE 0,05
26,2 HEXENYL ACETATE ISOMER 0,01
26,5 2-HEPTENAL 0,02
27,1 6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE 0,58
27,7 1-HEXANOL 0,01
28,3 ROSE cis-OXIDE 0,15
29,3 ROSE trans-OXIDE 0,06
29,5 METHALLYL ANGELATE 0,01
29,8 ALLO-OCIMENE 0,02
30,1 3-HEXEN-1-OL 0,01
30,4 3-OCTANOL 0,03
30,5 2-METHYLBUTYL ANGELATE 0,05
30,9 ISOAMYL ANGELATE 0,02
31,1 NONANAL 0,34
31,3 ANISALDEHYDE TRIMETHYL 0,10
32,3 Cis-p-MENTHANE-3,8-DIOL 0,02
32,9 PERILLENE + Trans-p-MENTHANE-3,8-DIOL 0,01
33,1 PHOTOCITRAL ISOMERE Mw=152 0,12
33,6 AROMATIC COMPOUND 0,04
33,8 a,p-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0,05
34,2 1-OCTEN-3-OL + LINALOOL cis-OXIDE 0,33
35,1 6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-OL 0,02
35,5 a-CUBEBENE 0,06
36,1 NERYL OXIDE 0,03
36,8 CITRONNELLAL 4,06
37,2 ISOGERANIAL 0,35
38,1 a-COPAENE 1,82
48,8 ISONERAL 0,40
39,3 a-BOURBONENE 0,06
39,8 b-BOURBONENE 0,54
40,6 LINALOL 0,95
41,0 PHOTOCITRAL A 1,04
42,1 METHYL CITRONELLATE 0,58
42,3 NEOISOPULEGOL 0,04
42,8 ISOPULEGOL + PHOTOCITRAL B 0,64
43,4 e-CADINENE 0,38
44,4 b-ELEMENE 0,67
44,6 TERPINENE-4-OL 0,09
45,3 b-CARYOPHYLLENE 21,81
45,8 SESQUITERPENE 0,04
46,2 Cis-p-MENTHA-1,8-DIEN-2-OL 0,10
46,8 CADINA-3,5-DIENE 0,11
47,1 METHYL GERANATE 0,14
47,5 CADINADIENE ISOMER 0,09
47,6 SESQUITERPENE 0,09
48,0 ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0,12
48,7 E-b-FARNESENE 0,96
49,0 ZONARENE 0,12
49,5 a-HUMULENE 1,87
50,0 NERAL 10,53
50,3 METHYL GERANATE 0,42
50,5 g-MUUROLENE 0,43
50,8 GERANYL FORMIATE 0,08
52,0 SESQUITERPENE 0,20
52,3 GERMACRENE D 13,15
52,4 Z,E-a-FARNESENE 1,60
52,9 a-MUUROLENE 0,20
53,1 GERANIAL 16,20
53,5 BICYCLOGERMACRENE 0,20
53,6 a-FARNESENE 0,79
54,0 GERANYL ACETATE 0,84
54,2 CITRONELLOL 0,75
54,5 d-CADINENE 1,98
54,8 g-CADINENE 0,61
55,3 METHYL SALICYLATE 0,04
56,1 CADINA-1,4-DIENE 0,07
56,2 NEROL 0,46
56,6 a-AMORPHENE 0,19
56,8 cis-ISOGERANIOL 0,01
57,0 Trans-ISOGERANIOL 0,02
57,4 ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDE 0,02
57,6 2,4-DECADIENAL 0,04
58,1 b-DAMASCENONE 0,04
58,5 HYDROXY PHENYL PROPANONE Mw=150 0,02
58,8 GERANIOL 1,44
59,8 E-GERANYLACETONE 0,03
61,8 AROMATIC COMPOUND 0,06
62,0 EPI-CUBEBOL 0,09
63,6 CALACORENE 0,03
64,3 HUMULENE EPOXIDE 0,15
64,8 CUBEBOL 0,13
65,3 AROMATIC COMPOUND 0,03
66,6 SESQUITERPENIC EPOXIDE 0,04
67,0 SESQUITERPENOL 0,02
67,2 ISOCARYOPHYLLENE EPOXIDE 0,20
67,8 CARYOPHYLLENE EPOXIDE 1,65
68,6 METHYL METHYL BENZOATE 0,04
69,5 NEROLIDOL 0,10
70,6 GERMACRA-1,5-DIEN-4-OL 0,57
70,7 Epoxy-6,7-HUMULENE 0,10
71,2 Epi-CUBENOL 0,10
71,6 CUBENOL 0,09
72,2 SESQUITERPENOL 0,05
74,5 TRIMETHYL PENTADECANONE 0,19
74,6 SPATHULENOL 0,01
75,7 FOKIENOL 0,07
75,8 EUGENOL 0,08
76,6 T-CADINOL 0,27
77,5 a-MUUROLOL 0,31
78,0 CADINOL ISOMER 0,11
78,7 GERANYL-a-TERPINENE ISOMER 0,09
79,6 a-CADINOL 0,50
79,7 CITRONELLIC ACID 0,10
81,7 NERIC ACID 0,18
82,6 GERANYL-p-CYMENE ISOMERE 0,03
82,8 CARYOPHYLLA-3,7-DIEN-6-OL 0,06
83,8 GERANIC ACID 0,31
85,5 ALIPHATIC COMPOUND 0,02
85,8 SESQUITERPENOL Mw=220 0,03
86,4 SESQUITERPENIC EPOXYDE 0,07
95,4 OCTADECANOL 0,06
96,5 PHYTOL 0,09
Allergens(%)
18,3 LIMONENE 0,04%
40,6 LINALOL 0,95%
50,0 NERAL 10,53%
53,1 GERANIAL 16,20%
58,8 GERANIOL 1,44%
75,8 EUGENOL 0,08%