Cade oil

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

CAS	8013-10-3 / 90046-02-9
EINECS / ELINCS	8013-10-3 / 90046-02-0
INCI NAME	Juniperus Oxycedrus Wood Oil

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ORGANOLEPTIC INFORMATION

Aspecto	Liquid Dense
Color	Reddis Brown
Olor	wild, note to burned wood

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PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL INFORMATION

Densidad	0.950 - 1.055
Refracción	1.500 - 1.525
Punto de inflamación	100ºC

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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (Active principles)

Componente	NORMA
a-cedrene
delta-CADINENE
CALAMENENE
2-METHOXY-PHENOL
alpha- CALACORENE
CREOSOL
CADALENE

DESCRIPTION

The essential oil of Cade is obtained by the pyrogenicization of Juniperus oxycedrus wood.

It is an evergreen shrub, which can reach 10 m in height and has a very thick cup of conical or ovate shape, which often ends in a pointed shape.
Trunk thick and straight, fibrous bark, grayish brown, with sheets bent by three, like needles, rigid, sharp, with two white lines on the beam, separated by a more greenish and noticeable glabels more narrow.
It blooms at the end of winter and during the spring. Its fruits are globose or ovoid, fleshy, abayadas, greenish at first and then red or reddish-red.

This essential oil has been used in a traditional way as a cure for certain diseases in animals.
It also helps fight dandruff and strengthen hair and nails.