Hedychium Oil

Botanical Name: Hedychium spicatum

Common Name: Kapoor kachri oil

Location: This plant is commonly found in the Western Himalayas at an altitude of about 1,500 – 2,500 metres from sea level. The essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of dried rhizome.

Physiochemical Properties:

Colour: Yellow to brown

Odour: Freshly distilled oil is woody, spicy with a spicy, camphorous, fresh woody top note, and increasingly spicy with a hint of cinnamon.
Specific Gravity at 20°C: 9400-0.9500

Refractive Index at 20°C: 1.4800-1.4900
Optical Rotation: 2-8

Main Constituents:

S.NO.	Name	Range
1.	.alpha.-Pinene	1.00-2.50
2.	.beta.-Myrcene	2.00-3.50
3.	Eucalyptol	26.00-28.50
4.	Linalool	1.00-2.50
5.	Caryophyllene	1.00-2.00
6.	(-)-Aristolene	0.50-2.00
7.	α-Caryophyllene	0.50-2.50
8.	Cubebol	1.00-2.50
9.	γ-Cadinene	3.50-4.50
10.	Tau-Cadinol acetate	4.50-5.50
11.	Elemol	4.50-6.50
12.	Nerolidol	1.00-2.00
13.	Caryophyllene oxide	1.00-2.00
14.	Humulenol-II	5.50-7.50
15.	epi-γ-Eudesmol	3.50-5.00
16.	Selinenol	3.00-4.50
17.	.tau.-Muurolol	0.50-1.00
18.	β-Eudesmol	14.50-16.00
19.	α-Eudesmol	2.50-4.50

Uses:

The essential oil is used as a stomachic, carminative, stimulant, and tonic medicine.
Employed in the preparation of Abir, a fragrant colored powder used during the Holi festival and religious ceremonies in
In dyeing, they may help to impart a pleasant smell to fabrics.
They are also applied with henna to produce perfumed clothes known locally as Malagiri
The oil can be used in fragrance formulations for hair oils, to stop hair falling out, soaps, and face
Due to its woody, spicy, and peculiar root-like odour, it is used in perfume formulations. Cabotine Fragrance, which won a European award in 1994, was the floral fragrance of this plant. It blends well with jasmine, tuberose, etc. to give a warm and spicy odour.
This oil is one important component of Hina Attar employed to flavor tobacco and incense sticks

Odour Profile: Spicy herbaceous, earthy with camphorous undertone, increasingly spicy with a cinnamon touch.

Hedychium Oil

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