CALAMUS OIL Chemische Eigenschaften,Einsatz,Produktion Methoden
Chemische Eigenschaften
Calamus oil (sweet flag oil) is obtained by steam distillation of fresh or
unpeeled, dried roots of Acorus calamus L. (Araceae). It is a yellow to medium
brown, moderately viscous liquid with a pleasant, spicy, aromatic odor.
Calamus oil is used in perfumery for spicy, herbaceous notes.However, its use is
restricted because of the toxicity of β-asarone (see corresponding IFRA standard).
In some countries (e.g., the United States, EU), the use of calamus oil is banned
for application in food flavorings and in food. Due to these problems, the oil is
produced just on a very small scale, for example, in India.
Physikalische Eigenschaften
The European essential oil is a yellow-brownish liquid. The Indian-type oil is yellow-brown.
Verwenden
In perfumery; as moisturizer in skin and hair preparations. Has been used as a flavoring ingredient and cooking spice.
Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO)
Calamus, the dried rhizome of acorus calamus, has been used as
a bitter and carminative. The World Health Organization has no information further
to the above regarding preparations containing calamus or to indicate that they are
still commercially manufactured.
Anticancer Research
A. calcamus is one of the important herbs known for its immense medicinal potential.It is an aromatic herb with the creeping rhizome locally known by variousnames like Bachh and Sweet Flag, belongs to taxonomic family Acoraceae (Meenaet al. 2010). It has a diverse range of pharmacological properties including the treatmentof diseases like cancer, ulcer, hepatitis, spasm, schizophrenia, gout, arthritis,and anorexia (Singh et al. 2011; Ranjan et al. 2016). It is the source of innumerablephytoconstituents such as glycosides, tannins, alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, phenols,and lectins. The essential oils obtained from this herb constitutes several volatilecompounds such as calamene, calameone, calamenenol, α-pinene, β-pinene, p-cymene, camphene, eugenol, methyl eugenol, methyl isoeugenol, eugenyl acetate,isoeugenol, azulene, eugenol methyl ether, calamol, asaronaldehyde, dipentene,terpinolene, camphor, 1,8-cineole, caryophyllene, α-asarone, and β-asarone(Palani et al. 2009; Haghighi et al. 2017). Due to these biologically active phytocompounds,A. calamus is having a high demand, and thus overexploited. The seedset in this plant is seen rarely and inadequate; therefore, vegetative propagation isthe chief method of propagation. The plant extracts have been documented to possessanticancer activity against various human carcinoma cells (Chaturvedi andChaturvedi 2016; Haghighi et al. 2017).
Sicherheitsprofil
Poison by
intraperitoneal route. Moderately toxic by
ingestion. Questionable carcinogen with
experimental tumorigenic data. When heated
to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and
irritating fumes. See also individual
components.
CALAMUS OIL Upstream-Materialien And Downstream Produkte
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