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Lemon oil (steam distilled)

Citrus ×limon (L.) Burm.fil.
Synonyms : Citrus medica var. limon L. // Citrus lemon L.

Ingredient Name	ID	Comments	Naturality	Purity	Latin name	Treated part	Geographical origin	MOQ
Huile essentielle de Citron Jaune - 30 gr	-	Visit website	-	-	-	-	-	-
LEMON Essential Oil	M_0064278	Visit website	Naturel	-	-	-	-	-
LEMON Rectified Essential Oil	M_0055055	Visit website	Naturel	-	-	-	-	-
LEMON Rectified Essential Oil	M_0040026	Visit website	Naturel	-	-	-	-	-
LEMON Rectified Essential Oil	M_0062541	Visit website	Naturel	-	-	-	-	-
LEMON Rectified Essential Oil	M_0062542	Visit website	Naturel	-	-	-	-	-
LEMON OIL FRESH TEK.	4410000018	Visit website	Naturel	-	-	-	-	-
CITRON	B290	Visit website	Huile essentielle	-	Citrus limon (L.) Burman f.	Zeste	Italie	-
CITRON	290	Visit website	Huile essentielle	-	Citrus limon (L.) Burman f.	Zeste	Italie	-
CITRON ABERGAPTENE	B290A	Visit website	Huile essentielle	-	Citrus limon (L.) Burman f.	Zeste	Italie	-

Huile essentielle de Citron Jaune - 30 gr

Certifications :

LEMON Essential Oil

ID : M_0064278

Certifications :

LEMON Rectified Essential Oil

ID : M_0055055

Certifications :

LEMON Rectified Essential Oil

ID : M_0040026

Certifications :

LEMON Rectified Essential Oil

ID : M_0062541

Certifications :

LEMON Rectified Essential Oil

ID : M_0062542

Certifications :

LEMON OIL FRESH TEK.

ID : 4410000018

Certifications :

CITRON

ID : B290

Italie

Certifications : Certifications : Bio

CITRON

ID : 290

Italie

Certifications :

CITRON ABERGAPTENE

ID : B290A

Italie

Certifications : Certifications : Bio

General Presentation

CAS N° : 8008-56-8
EINECS number : 84929-31-7
FEMA number : 2625
Appearance : Pale yellow liquid

Density : Varie selon l'origine : Amérique (côte) -> 0,851 - 0,857 @20°C Amérique (désert) -> 0,849 - 0,854 @20°C Espagne -> 0,849 - 0,858 @20°C Italie -> 0,850 - 0,858 @20°C Côte Ivoire, Brésil -> 0,845 - 0,854 @20°C
Volatility : Head
Price Range : €€

Physico-chemical properties

Optical rotation : Donnée indisponible
Vapor pressure : Donnée indisponible
Refractive Index @20°C : Donnée indisponible
Acid Value :
Flash Point :

Uses

Uses in perfumery :

Used in eaux fraîches, colognes, citrus flavours. Brings freshness and head, sometimes with other citrus fruits. Matches well with Hedione®.

Major Components :

D-Limonene (65-70%)
Beta-Pinene (10-15%)
Gamma-Terpinene (≈10%)
Citral (≈4%)
Myrcene (≈2%)
Sabinene (≈2%)
Géranial (≈1%)

Map for Lemon oil (steam distilled) (CAS N° 8008-56-8)

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Botanical name :

Citrus ×limon (L.) Burm.fil.
Synonyms : Citrus medica var. limon L. // Citrus lemon L.

Botanical profile :

The lemon tree is a tree of the Rutaceae family and the Citrus genus.

Chemotypes :

The genus Citrus includes the vast majority of citrus fruits and includes a large number of varieties available in perfumery:
Bergamot - (Citrus bergamia) is a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange, grown for the essential oil of its fruit and petitgrain.
Bitter orange or bigarade orange - (Citrus aurantium), grown in Spain and Florida.
Citron - (Citrus medica), grown in Italy (Sicily).
Lemon - (Citrus limon), cultured in Italy for the essential oil of its fruit and of its leafy twigs (Petitgrain).
Combava - (Citrus hystrix), grown in Thailand and India.
Lime - (Citrus aurantifolia), grown for its fruit in Mexico for the most part.
Mandarin - (Citrus reticulata), grown mainly in Italy for its fruit and for its petitgrain, by extracting the leaves from the tree. Its hybrid with sweet orange gave birth to clementine.
Orange - (Citrus sinensis) is famous for the cultivation of its fruits, whose juice and essential oil are extracted in Brazil and California in particular, which is the most used of all perfumes.
Grapefruit - (Citrus paradisii) of Malay origin, is cultivated for its essential oil in Brazil and Israel in particular.
Yuzu - (Citrus junos), produced in Japan and Korea.

Extraction process :

Lemon is the fruit of the lemon tree, a thorny tree that is 3 to 8 meters tall with evergreen leaves and white flowers.
The harvest usually takes place between the months of November and May, although it is possible to obtain fruit all year round. The fruits are harvested mechanically before they are washed and sent to a sfumatrice. The machine breaks the zest to collect the essential oil. This oil is driven to a centrifuge by a stream of water and centrifuged twice after the filtration of the residual zest. The zest is collected to be steam distilled during 4 hours. Thus, one oil is obtained by cold press, and another by steaming.
The extraction yield of lemon zest is between 0.3 and 0.5%.
It is also possible to perform a less common hydrodistillation, starting from the fresh peel. For this method, the fruit passes directly into a peeling machine to separate the zest from the pulp and extract the fruit peel only.
The essential oil can be deterpened or desesquiterpened, to increase the intensity (a deterpenation concentrates the essential oil aldehydes) or for regulatory reasons (furocoumarins withdrawal, photosensitizers ...).
The lemon tree is also at the origin of another essential oil, obtained from its leaves, called Petitgrain Lemon EO.

Other comments :

Lemon is particularly grown in Sicily where it is found since it was introduced by the Arabs during the tenth century.
The Sicily mountaneous area does not allow too big areas of cultivation, the fields are smaller than those of California (2nd world producer).
Citrus currently suffer from a disease called ''citrus greening ''. This disease is deadly for citrus fruits and no treatment exists. It is transmitted by a vector insect that attacks young shoots: the psylla. This results in the premature death of many trees and therefore the decline in the general production of the essential oil and its quality (reduction of the D-Limonene level).

Stability :

Solubility issues in perfumes
Citruses tend to fade through time in perfumes
Limonene tends to convert into Carvone through time, and to give a minthy note to the oil
Aldehydes can form diethylacetals in stability tests, without modifying the raw material’s smell

Regulations & IFRA

Allergens :

D-Limonene - Citral - Linalool - Geraniol - Citronellol

IFRA 51^th :

This ingredient is restricted by the 51th amendment

Restriction type : RESTRICTION

Cause of restriction : PHOTOTOXICITY

Amendment : 49

Quantitative limit on the use :

Cat.1	Cat.2	Cat.3	Cat.4	Cat.5 A B C D		Cat.6
2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 % 2 % 2 % 2 %		2 %
Cat.5 A B C D			Cat.6
2 % 2 % 2 % 2 %			2 %
Cat.7 A B		Cat.8	Cat.9	Cat.10 A B	Cat.11 A B	Cat.12
No Restriction 2 %		2 %	No Restriction	No Restriction 2 %	No Restriction 2 %	No Restriction
Cat.10 A B	Cat.11 A B	Cat.12
No Restriction 2 %	No Restriction 2 %	No Restriction

Annexe I :

Some regulated synthetic ingredients are found in nature and in certain proportions in natural ingredients. This presence in nature has to be taken into account when calculating limits of use recommended by the IFRA. In case you do not know these concentrations, you can use the ones estimated by the IFRA. Here they are :

List of regulated compounds contained in this ingredient
Regulated ingredient name	CAS N°	Estimated Concentration
Citral	5392-40-5	2,03
Citral	5392-40-5	3,5
Citronellal	106-23-0	0,06
Citronellal	106-23-0	0,07
Citronellal	106-23-0	0,1
Geraniol	106-24-1	0,09
Geraniol	106-24-1	0,07
Geraniol	106-24-1	0,1
Geranial	141-27-5	1,36
7-Methoxycoumarin	531-59-9	0,05
Neral	106-26-3	0,81

Restricted ingredients due to phototoxicity considerations: notes
The Standard is set due to the phototoxic effects of Lemon oil cold pressed. For more detailed information on the application of this Standard, please refer to the note on phototoxic ingredients in chapter 1 of the Guidance for the use of IFRA Standards. If the level of furocoumarins is unknown, the restriction level specified in this IFRA Standard applies. Combination effects of phototoxic ingredients are only taken into consideration for the furocoumarin-containing fragrance ingredients (extracts) listed in the IFRA Standard of Citrus oils and other furocoumarins containing essential oils. If combinations of furocoumarin-containing phototoxic fragrance ingredients (extracts) are used, the use levels must be reduced accordingly. The sum of the concentrations of all furocoumarin-containing phototoxic fragrance ingredients (extracts), expressed in of their recommended upper concentration level in the consumer product shall not exceed 100. For qualities of the expressed oil in which the less volatile components have been concentrated by partial or total removal of the terpene fraction, this limit should be reduced in proportion to the degree of concentration.

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General Presentation

CAS N° : 8008-56-8

EINECS number : 84929-31-7

FEMA number : 2625

Appearance : Pale yellow liquid

Density : Varie selon l'origine : Amérique (côte) -> 0,851 - 0,857 @20°C Amérique (désert) -> 0,849 - 0,854 @20°C Espagne -> 0,849 - 0,858 @20°C Italie -> 0,850 - 0,858 @20°C Côte Ivoire, Brésil -> 0,845 - 0,854 @20°C

Volatility : Head

Price Range : €€

Physico-chemical properties

Optical rotation : Donnée indisponible

Vapor pressure : Donnée indisponible

Refractive Index @20°C : Donnée indisponible

Acid Value :

Flash Point :

Uses

Uses in perfumery :

Major Components :

Botanical name :

Botanical profile :

Chemotypes :

Extraction process :

Other comments :

Stability :

Regulations & IFRA

Allergens :

IFRA 51th :

Restriction type : RESTRICTION

Cause of restriction : PHOTOTOXICITY

Amendment : 49

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IFRA 51^th :