Betel vine oil
Name Betel vine oil
Code 201-40025
Scientific Name Piper betle Linn.
Common Name Betel piper oil
Extraction Method -
Characteristics -
Origin/ Distribution Betel piper is a perennial dioecious creeper probably native of Malaysia, also cultivated in India. Nowadays Betel piper is widely cultivated in tropical area especially in Thailand.
Ethnomedical Uses Local anesthetic, antihistamine, carminative, antiseptic, antifungal, anthelmentic
Production The natural essential oil is obtained by steam distillation from the fresh leaves of Peper bitle Linn.
Ingredient Eugenyl acetate, Iso eugenol, Caryophyllene
Colour/ Appearance Yellow to yellow brown and clear liquid
Odour Green spicy-herb odour
Refractive index (20 c) 1.5108-1.5180
Uses About 4%
Stability Not stable to excess heat, acidic and basic pH. Reactive with reducing agents.
Solubility Soluble in 1.5 parts of 80% ethyl alcohol
Application This essential oil is added in skin care product for sensitive skin due to its antihistamine activity.
Caution for use This essential oil may cause skin irritation. This oil must be added at the end of cold preparations and at 35-40?c for emulsions while cooling. The activities of essential oil are best maintained when not heated.
Storage/ Shelf life The essential oil has shelf life of 1 year when kept in cool preferably at about 20-25 c dry place and protected from light in their original packaging. Keep containers tightly sealed. Each container that has been opened should be used rapidly or repacked in sterile packaging and conditions.
Chemical constituents Hydroxy charvicol, Euginol