| Product Name |
Cypress Oil |
| Description & extraction |
The tree is a perennial tree, conical-shaped, about 28 meters (80 feet) high and originated from
the East, now mostly found in gardens and cemeteries in the Mediterranean region. It is an
evergreen tree with dark green foliage, small flowers and round brown-gray cones with seed
nuts inside. The wood is hard and durable, red-yellow in color. Cypress essential oil is from
Cupressus sempervirens of the Cupressaceae family and is also known as Italian or
Mediterranean cypress. It has a positive effect on excess fluids in general, thereby improving
circulation, sorting out coughs and bronchitis. It assists with varicose veins and female problems
and is definitely an oil to have around. Cypress oil is extracted from the needles and twigs of
Young branches by steam distillation and yields 1.3 - 1.5 %. |
| Chemical Components |
The main components of cypress oil are a-pinene, camphene, sabinene, b-pinene, d-3carene,
myrcene, a-terpinene, terpinolene, linalool, bornyl acetate, cedrol and cadinene. |
| Toxicological Properties |
Cypress oil has a woody, slightly spicy and refreshing masculine smell. The oil is colorless to
very pale yellow in color and watery in viscosity. Cypress oil is astringent, antiseptic,
antispasmodic, deodorant, diuretic, haemostatic, hepatic, styptic, sudorific, vasoconstrictor,
Respiratory tonic and sedative. |
| Odour |
Warm, Woody typical odour |
| Specific Gravity At 15 |
C0.860 To 0.891 |
| Optical Rotation |
+ 4.32 To +29.20 |
| Refractive Index 20° |
1.4700 To 1.4821 |
| SAP Value |
5.1 To 19.6 |
