Kadifica

Marigold oil, also called tagette, is an essential oil obtained from Tagetes minuta for the perfume industry. Its odour is strong, warm and sweet-herbaceous, with a distinctive ketonic (pungent) character and a very powerful fruity undertone reminiscent of green apple.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Aromatični
- Source
- whole plant, harvested in flower
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Miris
Teroar i prerada
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
Essential oils of Tagetes minuta were highly effective against Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, which are responsible for malaria transmission. The results were comparable to commercial, synthetic, insecticidal agents.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
The whole plant of Tagetes patula is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil. About 35 kg of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant, which yields 2,500 kg of flowers and 25,000 kg of herbage. An oil sold as Tagetes minuta var. bipinata, a synonym of Tagetes minuta, is steam distilled.
- Formula
- Complex natural mixture (key constituents: ocimenes; dihydrotagetone; tagetone; tagetenone)
- CAS
- 8016-84-0
- Botanički naziv
- Tagetes minuta L., Tagetes patula L.
- Izgled
- Dark yellow-orange, transparent, mobile liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Jak
- Sinonimi
- tagette, marigold oil, wild marigold
Restricted — IFRA Standard « Tagetes oil and absolute » (Amendment 49)
- Tačka paljenja
- 120 °F. TCC ( 48.89 °C. )
- Relativna gustina
- 0.85 to 0.89 @ 25 °C.
U parfemima
An extraction of Tagetes minuta, called marigold oil, is used in the perfume, tobacco and soft drink industries. Tagetes minuta oil is also a flavourant in the food and tobacco industries. The oil of Tagetes patula is used in perfumery and is blended with sandalwood oil to produce attar genda perfume.