Bela čampaka

White champaca is Magnolia × alba, a hybrid flowering plant commonly cultivated in Southeast Asia and tropical regions of East Asia. The scent of its flower essential oil is often described as sugary, floral, champagne-like with a slight herbal scent.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Cvetni
- Source
- flowers, leaves
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Miris
Teroar i poreklo
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
In Taiwan, the flowers are plucked from the trees before they open and strung together in bunches on wire, to be sold at the roadside to truck and taxi drivers. The flowers remain fragrant for several days.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
The essential oil of Michelia flowers is obtained by solvent extraction of fresh flowers. Solvent extraction of the flowers of M. × alba yields 0.2% concrete, which on simultaneous steam distillation and extraction yields 0.05 g absolute per 100 g flowers. The flowers must be processed rapidly, because only a few hours after picking they turn brown and begin to lose their fragrance. Enfleurage has also been used to collect the aroma compounds from the flowers. The essential oil from the leaves is obtained by distillation. Steam distillation is commonly used in commercial extraction of the essential oil because the method is convenient and economical.
- Formula
- Complex natural mixture (key constituents: linalool; α-terpineol; phenylethyl alcohol)
- CAS
- 92457-18-6
- Botanički naziv
- Magnolia × alba
- Izgled
- Pale yellow to greenish-yellow liquid (leaf oil)
- Sinonimi
- White sandalwood, white jade orchid tree, Michelia alba, Cempaka putih, Bailan
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Relativna gustina
- 0.9797
- Indeks prelamanja
- 1.5175
U parfemima
The essential oil of Magnolia × alba is a common fragrance ingredient in skin care, perfume and cosmetics. Extraction of fresh Michelia flowers and distillation of the leaves yield two different fragrant essential oils which are used in high-quality perfumes. The oil is registered as generally recognized as safe (FEMA number 3950) and is also used as a flavoring agent in baked goods, beverages, condiments, frozen dairy, gelatins/pudding, meat products and soft candy.