LABDANUM RESINOIDE
Plant native to south-eastern Europe and northern Africa, the Cistus has an erect, not very compact habit, with very aromatic sticky branches, which bear sessile, persistent, opposite, lanceolate leaves, 3-9 cm long, opaque, aromatic, gummy, dark green in color, with a cottony underside. In May-June it produces 5-6 cm wide racemes of flowers, with white petals spotted with purple-brown at the base and very showy yellow stamens. It develops up to 1.5-1.8 m. high and 1.2 m. wide.
In summer, the glandular hairs located on leaves and stems exude an aromatic and sticky resin called labdanum, already used by Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, which becomes opaque with the cold, giving the plant a leaden appearance.
It is currently used as a fixative to obtain an intense and stable perfume. It is the plant product that comes closest to the ambergris obtained from whales, and in this sense it can replace it.
ORIGINAL PLANT cistus ladaniferus L., var. beta maculata Dun.
PART OF THE PLANT USED, RESIN
MOLECULAR WEIGHT 0
CAS 84775-64-4; 8016-26-0
EINECS 283-893-1
FEMA 2610
TARIFF NUMBER 3301.30.00.00
SPECIFICATIONS
APPEARANCE AT 20 ° C PASTA MASS
DARK BROWN-ORANGE COLOR
BALSAMIC, WOODY, ANIMAL SMELL
OPTICAL ROTATION (°) 0/0
DENSITY AT 20 ° C (g / ml)) 0.000 - 0.000
REFRATIVE INDEX nd20 0.0000 - 0.0000
FLASH POINT (° C) 110
SOLUBILITY INSOLUBLE IN WATER. SOLUBLE IN ETHANOL
DOSAGE (% GC) -
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: balsamic, slightly fruity, amber;
Main components:
α-pinene: 18-50%
viridiflorol: 2-10%
camphene: 2-8%
trimethylcyclohexanone: 1-6%
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