Brief Introduction:
Tea tree oil (TTO), or melaleuca oil, is an essential oil with a fresh camphoraceous odor and a color that ranges from pale yellow to nearly colorless and clear.
Tea tree oil is toxic when taken by mouth,but is widely used in low concentrations in cosmetics and skin washes.Tea tree oil has been claimed to be useful for treating a wide variety of medical conditions. It shows some promise as an antimicrobial. Tea tree oil may be effective in a variety of dermatologic conditions including dandruff, acne, lice, herpes, and other skin infections.
Specification:
| 1. | CAS: | 68647-73-4 |
| 2. | Appearance: | light yellow liquid |
| 3. | Odour: | with tea tree aroma |
| 4. | Relative density: | 0.885~0.906 |
| 5. | Refractive index: | 1.475~1.488 |
| 6. | a-terpinene: | 5%~13% |
| 7. | p-cymene: | 0.5%~12% |
| 8. | Eucalyptol: | 0~13% |
| 9. | Limonene: | 0.5%~4% |
| 10. | γ -terpinene: | 10%~28% |
| 11. | Terpinolene: | 1.5%~5% |
| 12. | terpineol-4: | ≥47% |
| 13. | a- terpineol: | 1.5%~8% |
Composition and characteristics
Tea tree oil is defined by the International Standard ISO 4730 ("Oil of Melaleuca, Terpinen-4-ol type"), which specifies levels of 15 components which are needed to define the oil as "tea tree oil." The oil has been described as having a fresh, camphor-like smell.
Tea tree oils have six types, oils with different chemical compositions. These include a terpinen-4-ol type, a terpinolene type, and four 1,8-cineole types. These various oil types contain over 98 compounds, with terpinen-4-ol the major component responsible for antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. A second component 1,8-cineole, is likely responsible for most allergies in TTO products. Adverse reactions to TTO diminish with minimization of 1,8-cineole content. In commercial production, TTO is prepared as a terpinen-4-ol type.
USES:
It is very important in the health of the immune system, while it is also used to revive the mind and body after shock. It can help with influenza, cold sores, catarrh, glandular fever and gingivitis. it can be used to help clear vaginal thrush and genital infections, it clears acne, burns, herpes, oily skin, athlete's foot, cold sores, sunburn and infected wounds, while fighting dandruff on the scalp. The therapeutic properties of Tea tree oil antiseptic, antiviral are antimicrobial, bactericide, fungicide, insecticide and stimulant.
When it is added to the water for washing it has great value to treat abscesses, bed sores, acne, boils, lice, dandruff, wounds, as well as animal or human bites and can also be applied neat on problem areas with a cotton bud.
Tea tree oil can be used as a mouthwash for gum infections, mouth ulcers, throat infections and tonsillitis, while garlic eaters believe that it reduces the smell of garlic on the breath.
PROPERTIS:
It has a light spicy, rather pungent smell and is very pale in color with a watery viscosity.
Even when this tree is cut down, it flourishes and is ready for cutting again in two years.
The main chemical components of tea tree oil (also referred to as tri-tree oil) are a-pinene, b-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, a-phellandrene, a-terpinene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, y-terpinene, p-cymene, terpinolene, linalool, terpinen-4-ol and a-torpid.
