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 Tagetes Essential
Oil ProfileTagetes is an annual herb up to 60 cm high with soft, oval, pale leaves and bright orange daisy-like flowers. The essential oil is obtained by steam distillation from the fresh flowering herb and also an absolute (and concrete) by solvent extraction from the flowering herb. Tagetes is native to South America and Mexico, but now grows wild in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America. The oil is produced mainly in South Africa, France, Argentina and Egypt. |
| Botanical Name: | Tagetes minuta L. |
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| Family: | Asteraceae |
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| Synonyms: | Tagetes glandulifera, tagette, taget, marigold, Mexican marigold. |
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| Parts Used: | Flowering herb |
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| Extraction Method: | Steam Distillation |
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| Colour: | Dark orange to yellow |
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| Consistency: | Thin |
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| Aroma Description: | Bitter-green, herbaceous |
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| Historical Uses: | In China the flowers are used for whooping cough, colds, colic, mumps, sore eyes and mastitis, and in India the flowering tops are distilled to produce “attar genda” a perfume material. |
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| Modern Uses: | Tagetes essential oil has been used for skin complaints, menstrual irregularities, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, conjunctivitis, and poor eyesight. Tagetes is used in some pharmaceutical products. Used in herbaceous flavours; in fresh fragrance compounds for alcoholic and cosmetic perfumery |
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| Cautions: | Do not use internally. Best avoided during Pregnancy. May be harmful if used in large quantities. Use with care and in moderation. |
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| Main Constituents, % |
| Tagetone |
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| Ocimene |
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| Myrcene |
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| Linalol |
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| Limonene |
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| Pinenes |
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| Carvone |
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| Citral |
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| Camphene |
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| Valeric acid |
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| Salicyladehyde |
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| Physical Actions |
| Anthelmintic, antispasmodic, bactericidal, carninative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, fungicidal, stomachic. |
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| Toxicity |
LD50 - (oral) rat >not known mg/kg; (dermal) rabbit >not known.
Irritation/Sensitisation - Not available
Phototoxicity - Not available
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