BITTER FENNEL ESSENTIAL OIL
Annual herbaceous plant, sometimes perennial, which can reach one and a half meters in height with leaves divided into deep laciniae and yellow flowers that come together to form umbrella-like inflorescences. Bitter fennel is similar but differs from dill or bastard fennel, whose leaves have a distinctly unpleasant taste, due to the apical leaves with shorter petioles than the lamina and to the typically winged fruits.
The essential oil is obtained from the plant by steam distillation and a yellow liquid is obtained with a rather intense fragrance similar to that of anise.
ORIGINAL PLANT foeniculum vulgare Mill. var. bitter
PART OF THE PLANT USED GREEN AND SEMI DRY PARTS
MOLECULAR WEIGHT 0
CAS 84625-39-8; 8006-84-6
EINECS 283-414-6
FEMA 2481
TARIFF NUMBER 3301.29.41.00
SPECIFICATIONS
APPEARANCE AT 20 ° C CLEAR MOBILE LIQUID
COLORLESS TO PALE YELLOW
SPICY, AROMATIC ODOR
CHARACTERISTIC, BITTER TASTE
OPTICAL ROTATION (°) 40/60
DENSITY AT 20 ° C (g / ml)) 0,890 - 0,920
REFRATIVE INDEX nd20 1.4800 - 1.5100
FLASH POINT (° C) 63
SOLUBILITY INSOLUBLE IN WATER
ACID VALUE (mg KOH / g) -
STABILITY AND STORAGE
KEEP IN A TIGHTLY CLOSED CONTAINER IN A COOL AND DRY PLACE, AWAY FROM LIGHT. IF STORED FOR MORE THAN 24 MONTHS, QUALITY MUST BE CHECKED BEFORE USE.
olfactory note: herbaceous, camphoraceous, anise note;
gustatory note: green, licorice note;
Main constituents:
(E) -anethol: 66-80%
fenchone: 2-17%
limonene: ≤10%
α-pinene: ≤10%
γ-terpinene: 15-22%
timol-methyl-ether: 2-11%
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