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Olibanum, also called frankincense, is the oleogum resin harvested from several different trees of the genus Boswellia. The oil of frankincense is described as terpenic, pine, resinous and green.
- Type
- Складник
- Olfactive family
- Смолисті
- Source
- resin
- Chemical class
- natural oleo-gum resin
Запах
Докладно
Цікавий факт
Boswellia sacra trees in the narrow fog-laden zone where the desert meets the Dhofar mountain range grow extremely slowly and produce very high quality resin in large, white clumps. During the khareef, the southeastern monsoon that affects Dhofar from about June to early September, the Dhofar Mountains around Salalah and Al-Hawf are rainsoaked and shrouded in fog.
Отримання й хімія
Спосіб отримання
The trees start producing resin when they are about 8 to 10 years old. The resin is extracted by making a small, shallow incision on the trunk or branches of the tree or by removing a portion of its crust. The resin drains as a milky substance that coagulates in contact with air and is collected by hand. Tapping is done two to three times per year, and the final taps give the best tears because of their higher aromatic terpene, sesquiterpene and diterpene content. The essential oil of frankincense is produced by steam distillation of the tree resin. In a study of three Boswellia sacra cultivars, three successive hydrodistillations of 2, 4 and 6 hours gave oils called Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3. The oils from the oleogum resin were obtained in yields of 8.92 to 12% (w/w) in Grade 1. Longer hydrodistillation reduced the monoterpenes and increased the share of sesquiterpenes.
- Формула
- Complex natural mixture (key constituents: alpha-pinene; limonene; beta-pinene)
- Ботанічна назва
- Boswellia sacra
- Зовнішній вигляд
- Pale, near-white or light green, large clean tears (top Hojari grade)
- Синоніми
- Frankincense, olibanum
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Температура кипіння
- 137.00 to 141.00 °C at 760 mm Hg (frankincense oil)
У парфумерії
Olibanum is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfume. In recent years it has been important in the preparation of cosmetics and perfumes. Frankincense is often prepared inside a censer, such as the meerschaum dabqaad traditionally used in the Horn of Africa. The aroma of the resin changes once it is burned.