LEMONGRASS OIL, WEST INDIAN TYPE manufacturers and suppliers

LEMONGRASS OIL, WEST INDIAN TYPE suppliers

Properties

Boiling point:: 224 °C (lit.)

Density: 0.896 g/mL at 25 °C

refractive index: n20/D 2.487(lit.)

FEMA: 2624 | LEMONGRASS OIL

Flash point:: 160 °F

storage temp.: 2-8°C

Odor: at 100.00 %. lemongrass

Odor Type: citrus

optical activity: [α]20/D 10 to 0°, neat

Safety Information

Symbol(GHS): GHS07

Signal word: Warning

Hazard statements: H315-H319-H335

Precautionary statements: P261-P305+P351+P338

Hazard Codes: Xi

Risk Statements: 38-36/37/38

Safety Statements: 26-36

RIDADR: 1760

WGK Germany: 3

RTECS: OG8257000

F: 8

HazardClass: 8

PackingGroup: III

Toxicity: Both the acute oral LD₅₀ value in rats and the acute dermal LD₅₀ value in rabbits exceeded 5 g/kg

Use

Herbaceous grasses that grow wild in several tropical and subtrop ical regions. The East Indian variety is grown in eastern India, Cambodia, Singapore, and Ceylon. The West Indian type is grown in Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. The East Indian variety yields an alcohol soluble oil (1:2 in 70% alcohol); West Indian lemongrass is soluble 1:10 in 90% alcohol with haze. The part used is the herbaceous portion. Lemongrass has a strong, pungent, lemon-like odor.The essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of freshly cut (East Indian variety) or partially dried (West Indian variety) grass in approximately 0.2 to 0.3% and 0.31 to 0.37% yields, respec tively.East Indian Lemongrass Oil: East Indian lemongrass oil is a pale-yellow to brown-yellowish liquid; it has a characteristic, sharp, pungent, lemon-like odor because of the large amount of citral present (80 to 85%).In addition to citral, the main constituents of the East Indian oil include citronellal, geraniol, nerol, famesol, dipentene, methylhep tenone, and probably limonene.West Indian Lemongrass Oil: West Indian lemongrass oil is a pale-yellow to brownish liquid with a pronounced citral odor. Its physical-chemical constants are as follows.Its main constituents include isovaleric aldehyde, furfural, myrcene, dipentene, methylheptenone, aldehyde C10, citronellal, various esters, linalool, geraniol, nerol, and terpenes.Constituents include: andrographolide; andrographidin A; andro graphidin B; andrographidin C; andrographidin D; andrographidin E; andrographidin F; andrographin; andrographinin; andrographi side; andropanoside; apigenin-4,7-di-o-methyl ether; gamma-bis abolene; caffeic acid; carvacrol; chlorogenic acid; deoxyandro graphiside; dicaffeoyl quinic acid; 5-dihydroxy-7,8-dimethoxy flavone; eugenol; 2-cis-6-trans-famesol; 2-trans-6-trans-farnesol; 5-hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone; 5-hydroxy-2,3,7,8-tetrameth oxyflavone; myristic acid; oroxyline A; panicolin; paniculide B; and sitosterol-α-1.

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