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Issue Date: July 2008
pg. 44—10 pages

Progress in Essential Oils

Brian M. Lawrence

Abstract: Lawrence discusses the composition of new Caledonium sandalwood oil and chamomile oil from Croatia, Slovak Republic, Greece, India, Italy and Serbia. Additionally, he covers the composition of lavandin oil from Hungary, Iowa (USA), Turkey, France and Australia.

New Caledonium Sandalwood Oil

An oil of sandalwood produced from the heartwood of Santalum austrocaledonicum Viell. var. austrocaledonicum has been available commercially for a number of years. According to Coppen (1995), small quantities of oil were being produced from New Caledonium sandalwood before 1995.

Alpha et al. (1996) determined that the main constituents of New Caledonium sandalwood oil were alpha-santalene, epi-beta-santalene, bsantalene, alpha-santalol, epi-beta-santalol and beta-santalol. These same authors (Alpha et al. 1997a) identified 6,13-dihydroxybisabola-2,10-diene, 7,13-dihydroxybisabola-2,10-diene, (E)-lanceol and campherene-2,3-diol (Alpha et al. 1997b) in the same New Caledonium sandalwood oil.