Essential Oils
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Chamomile roman essential oil
Dill herb essential oil
Helichrysum essential oil
Hyssop essential oil
Juniper berry essential oil
Lavender essential oil
Lovage leaf essential oil
Мelissa essential oil
Мilfoil blue essential oil
Pine essential oil
Rose essential oil
Smoke tree (sumac) essential oil
St.john’s wort
Thyme essential oil
Wormwood essential oil
Zdravetz essential oil
Мelissa essential oil (Melissa officinalis)
Appearance | fluid transparent liquid |
Colour | pale yellow to yellow green |
Odor | specific, of melissa, lemon-like |
Relative density, g/cm3 | from 0,870 to 0,906 |
Refractive index (20 °C) | from 1.4600 to 1,4800 |
Acid Value, mg KOH/g | not more than 2,5 |
Ester Value, mg KOH/g | from 27,0 to 220,0 |
Optical rotation (20 °C), °C | from +2 to – 32 |
Contents of characteristic ingredients (by GC), %: |
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Citral | from 17 to 60 |
Therapeutic Properties:
The therapeutic properties of melissa oil are antidepressant, antispasmodic, bactericidal, carminative, cordial, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, hypotensive, nervine, sedative, stomachic, sudorific and tonic.