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Botanical Name |
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Curcuma zedoaria |
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Common Name |
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Zedoary Oil, Zedoaria Essential Oil, Curcuma zedoaria,
Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe |
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CAS # |
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977052-57-5, F.E.M.A. : 3122 |
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Plant Parts Used |
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Rhizomes |
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Extraction Method |
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Steam distillation |
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Color & Odor |
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Golden yellow viscous liquid having a warm-spicy,
woody & camphoraceous cineolic odor |
Description :
Zedoaria Essential Oil is one of the most widely used ingredients in the
perfumery and flavor industry. This oil has, since long, been a part of the
folk medicine.
Constituents & Specifications :
germacrone-4, 5-epoxide, germacrone, furanodienon, zederone, curzerenone,
germacrone-4, 5-epoxide, monoterpene hydrocarbon
Specific Gravity : 0.89900 - 0.93130 @ 27º C
Refractive Index : 1.39000 - 1.48200 @ 27º C
Properties :
Zedoaria has strong antioxidant property.
Benefits & Uses :
- Zedoaria Essential Oil is widely used in the perfumery and flavor
industry because of its rich aroma.
- Used In fragrance and flavor industry.
- Improves blood circulation, ant contusion, and improves menstrual
flow.
- It helps in abdominal cramps, amenorrhea-abdominal pain and rheumatic
pain.
- It also helps in pain and swelling associated with sprains.