| Name: | lippia graveolens oil |
| CAS Number: | 8007-11-2 |
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Category: flavor and fragrance agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
| Appearance: | colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est) |
| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Soluble in: |
| | alcohol | | | water, 301.1 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
| Insoluble in: |
| | water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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| Odor Type: herbal |
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| Odor Strength: | medium ,
recommend smelling in a 10.00 % solution or less |
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| | herbal origanum |
Odor Description:
at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | herbal origanum |
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| Flavor Type: herbal |
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| | origanum |
Taste Description:
| origanum |
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| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Safety Information:
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| Hazards identification |
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| Classification of the substance or mixture |
| GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
| None found. |
| GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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| Pictogram | |
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| Hazard statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Precautionary statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
oral-rat LD50 1850 mg/kg
Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. Vol. 12, Pg. 945, 1974.
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| Dermal Toxicity: |
skin-rabbit LD50 320 mg/kg
Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. Vol. 12, Pg. 945, 1974.
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| Inhalation Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
| Category: | flavor and fragrance agents |
| IFRA Code of Practice Notification of the 49th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice |
| Recommendation for oregano oil mexico usage levels up to: | | | 0.5000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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| Use levels for FEMA GRAS flavoring substances on which the FEMA Expert Panel based its judgments that the substances are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). |
| The Expert Panel also publishes separate extensive reviews of scientific information on all FEMA GRAS flavoring substances and can be found at FEMA Flavor Ingredient Library |
| publication number: 3 |
| Click here to view publication 3 |
| | average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
| baked goods: | 0.60000 | 33.00000 |
| beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 0.50000 |
| beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
| breakfast cereal: | - | - |
| cheese: | - | - |
| chewing gum: | - | - |
| condiments / relishes: | - | 30.00000 |
| confectionery froastings: | - | - |
| egg products: | - | - |
| fats / oils: | - | - |
| fish products: | - | - |
| frozen dairy: | - | 0.50000 |
| fruit ices: | - | 0.50000 |
| gelatins / puddings: | - | - |
| granulated sugar: | - | - |
| gravies: | - | - |
| hard candy: | - | 0.50000 |
| imitation dairy: | - | - |
| instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
| jams / jellies: | - | - |
| meat products: | - | 37.00000 |
| milk products: | - | - |
| nut products: | - | - |
| other grains: | - | - |
| poultry: | - | - |
| processed fruits: | - | - |
| processed vegetables: | - | - |
| reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
| seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
| snack foods: | - | - |
| soft candy: | - | - |
| soups: | - | - |
| sugar substitutes: | - | - |
| sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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| For Odor |
| animal |
| animal |
| iso | butyl quinoline | FR |
| anisic |
| | estragole | FL/FR |
| balsamic |
| dextro,laevo- | borneol | FL/FR |
| dextro,laevo-iso | borneol | FL/FR |
| laevo- | borneol | FL/FR |
| iso | bornyl acetate | FL/FR |
| iso | bornyl methyl ether | FL/FR |
| | cinnamyl formate | FL/FR |
| camphoreous |
| | camphor tree bark oil | FL/FR |
| | herbal ethanone | FR |
| citrus |
| | citronella oil ceylon | FL/FR |
| | ocimene quintoxide | FL/FR |
| ethereal |
| | ethyl 4-pentenoate | FL/FR |
| fatty |
| (E)-2- | octenal | FL/FR |
| floral |
| | dihydrorose oxide | FR |
| | dimethyl benzyl carbinyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| 2,4- | dimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-methanol | FR |
| | geranium oil africa | FL/FR |
| | geranium oil egypt | FL/FR |
| | neryl formate | FL/FR |
| 2- | pentyl cyclopentanone | FR |
| iso | phytol | FL/FR |
| | reseda absolute | FR |
| | rose pyran | FR |
| fruity |
| | tropical indene | FR |
| green |
| iso | butyl heptanoate | FL/FR |
| iso | butyl methyl ketone | FL/FR |
| 2-sec- | butyl thiazole | FL/FR |
| | heptanal (aldehyde C-7) | FL/FR |
| 1- | heptanol | FL/FR |
| (E)-4- | hexen-1-ol | |
| (Z)-4- | hexen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| 3- | hexenyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | hexyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| english | ivy leaf absolute | FR |
| | seaweed absolute (fucus vesiculosus et serratus) | FL/FR |
| herbal |
| 6- | acetoxydihydrotheaspirane | FL/FR |
| | ajowan seed oil | FL/FR |
| 1- | allyl-2,2,7,7-tetramethyl cycloheptanol | FR |
| alpha- | amyl cinnamyl formate | FL/FR |
| | anethum graveolens herb oil | FL/FR |
| | anthemis nobilis flower oil roman | FL/FR |
| sweet | basil absolute | FL/FR |
| delta- | cadinene | |
| (+)-alpha- | campholenic aldehyde | FL/FR |
| | chamomile oil morocco | FR |
| | dill weed oil cuba | FL/FR |
| | dill weed oil reunion | FL/FR |
| | dimethyl benzyl carbinyl formate | FL/FR |
| 2,10- | epoxypinane | FR |
| | geranic oxide | FL/FR |
| | herbal carene | FR |
| cis- | herbal cyclohexane | FR |
| | herbal dioxane | FR |
| | herbal heptane | FR |
| | hop absolute | FL/FR |
| | hop oil | FL/FR |
| | lavandin concrete | FL/FR |
| abrialis | lavandin oil | FL/FR |
| spike | lavender absolute | FL/FR |
| | lavender absolute bulgaria | FL/FR |
| | linalyl formate | FL/FR |
| | linalyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| | marigold oil mexico | FL/FR |
| | melaleuca leucadendron var. cajuputi leaf oil | FL/FR |
| | methyl cyclogeranate (Firmenich) | FR |
| (E)-6- | methyl-3-hepten-2-one | FL/FR |
| | mistletoe absolute | |
| | nonisyl formate | FR |
| 1- | octen-3-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| | oregano flower/leaf/stem water | FR |
| | oregano leaf | |
| | oregano oil replacer | FR |
| | oregano specialty | FR |
| | origanum oil | FL/FR |
| | origanum oil greece | FL/FR |
| | origanum oil terpenes | FR |
| | perillaldehyde | FL/FR |
| | pinocarveol | FL/FR |
| | rosemary oil morocco | FL/FR |
| | rosemary oil spain | FL/FR |
| | tagete oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
| | tagete oil rwanda | FL/FR |
| | tagete oil south africa | FL/FR |
| | theaspirane | FL/FR |
| | thyme absolute | FL/FR |
| white | thyme oil | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil (thymus zygis gracillis) spain | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil (thymus zygis spp. sylvestris) spain | FR |
| | thyme oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil CO2 extract spain | FL/FR |
| red | thyme oil india | FL/FR |
| red | thyme oil spain | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil wild or creeping canada | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil wild or creeping pakistan | FL/FR |
| | thyme undecane | FR |
| | thymol | FL/FR |
| | thymyl methyl ether | FL/FR |
| | tricyclodecyl acetate | FR |
| | viridiflorol | FL/FR |
| | wormwood oil america | FL/FR |
| medicinal |
| summer | savory oil | FL/FR |
| mentholic |
| | peppermint cyclohexanone | FL/FR |
| minty |
| (-)-iso | pulegol | FL/FR |
| (R)-(+)- | pulegone | FR |
| mossy |
| | oakmoss absolute | FL/FR |
| | treemoss absolute | FR |
| pine |
| | dipentene terpene hydrocarbon byproducts | FR |
| | plectranthus glandulosus hook f. leaf oil cameroon | FR |
| spicy |
| iso | butyl angelate | FL/FR |
| | carvacrol | FL/FR |
| (-)- | cubenol | FL/FR |
| | cuminaldehyde | FL/FR |
| iso | cyclogeraniol (IFF) | FR |
| | origanum majorana oil | FL/FR |
| | origanum majorana oil cuba | FL/FR |
| terpenic |
| para- | cymene | FL/FR |
| thujonic |
| | cedarleaf oil terpeneless | FR |
| woody |
| 2-tert- | butyl cyclohexanone | FR |
| | hinoki root oil | FR |
| | longifolene | FL/FR |
| | origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare oil himalaya | |
| alpha- | thujene | |
| | thyme oil portuguese | FR |
| | verdoxan | FR |
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| For Flavor |
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| No flavor group found for these |
| 6- | acetoxydihydrotheaspirane | FL/FR |
| alpha- | amyl cinnamyl formate | FL/FR |
| dextro,laevo- | borneol | FL/FR |
| iso | bornyl methyl ether | FL/FR |
| iso | butyl heptanoate | FL/FR |
| 2-sec- | butyl thiazole | FL/FR |
| 4- | butyl thiazole | FL |
| delta- | cadinene | |
| | dimethyl benzyl carbinyl formate | FL/FR |
| | ethyl 4-pentenoate | FL/FR |
| (E,E)-2,4- | hexadien-1-ol | FL |
| | linalyl formate | FL/FR |
| | melaleuca leucadendron var. cajuputi leaf oil | FL/FR |
| (E)-6- | methyl-3-hepten-2-one | FL/FR |
| | mistletoe absolute | |
| | origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare oil himalaya | |
| 2- | propyl thiazole | FL |
| | seaweed absolute (fucus vesiculosus et serratus) | FL/FR |
| alpha- | thujene | |
| | viridiflorol | FL/FR |
| camphoreous |
| dextro,laevo-iso | borneol | FL/FR |
| laevo- | borneol | FL/FR |
| | camphor tree bark oil | FL/FR |
| | geranic oxide | FL/FR |
| | pinocarveol | FL/FR |
| citrus |
| | citronella oil ceylon | FL/FR |
| cooling |
| | theaspirane | FL/FR |
| fatty |
| (E)-2- | octenal | FL/FR |
| floral |
| | dimethyl benzyl carbinyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | geranium oil africa | FL/FR |
| | geranium oil egypt | FL/FR |
| fruity |
| | hexyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| | linalyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| | neryl formate | FL/FR |
| | tagete oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
| | tagete oil rwanda | FL/FR |
| | tagete oil south africa | FL/FR |
| green |
| iso | butyl angelate | FL/FR |
| iso | butyl methyl ketone | FL/FR |
| (+)-alpha- | campholenic aldehyde | FL/FR |
| | heptanal (aldehyde C-7) | FL/FR |
| (Z)-4- | hexen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (E)-4- | hexen-1-ol | |
| 3- | hexenyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | oakmoss absolute | FL/FR |
| | ocimene quintoxide | FL/FR |
| 1- | octen-3-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| herbal |
| | ajowan seed oil | FL/FR |
| | anethum graveolens herb oil | FL/FR |
| | anthemis nobilis flower oil roman | FL/FR |
| sweet | basil absolute | FL/FR |
| | dill weed oil cuba | FL/FR |
| | dill weed oil reunion | FL/FR |
| | hop absolute | FL/FR |
| | hop oil | FL/FR |
| | lavandin concrete | FL/FR |
| abrialis | lavandin oil | FL/FR |
| spike | lavender absolute | FL/FR |
| | lavender absolute bulgaria | FL/FR |
| | marigold oil mexico | FL/FR |
| | oregano distillates | FL |
| | oregano essence | FL |
| | oregano flavor | FL |
| | oregano leaf | |
| | oregano oleoresin | FL |
| | origanum majorana oil | FL/FR |
| | origanum oil | FL/FR |
| | origanum oil greece | FL/FR |
| | rosemary oil morocco | FL/FR |
| | rosemary oil spain | FL/FR |
| | thyme absolute | FL/FR |
| white | thyme oil | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil (thymus zygis gracillis) spain | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil CO2 extract spain | FL/FR |
| red | thyme oil india | FL/FR |
| red | thyme oil spain | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil wild or creeping canada | FL/FR |
| | thyme oil wild or creeping pakistan | FL/FR |
| | thyme oleoresin | FL |
| | wormwood oil america | FL/FR |
| licorice |
| | estragole | FL/FR |
| medicinal |
| summer | savory oil | FL/FR |
| mentholic |
| | peppermint cyclohexanone | FL/FR |
| minty |
| (-)-iso | pulegol | FL/FR |
| musty |
| | thymyl methyl ether | FL/FR |
| oily |
| iso | phytol | FL/FR |
| phenolic |
| | thymol | FL/FR |
| solvent |
| 1- | heptanol | FL/FR |
| spicy |
| | carvacrol | FL/FR |
| | cinnamyl formate | FL/FR |
| | cubeb oleoresin | FL |
| (-)- | cubenol | FL/FR |
| | cuminaldehyde | FL/FR |
| | origanum majorana oil cuba | FL/FR |
| | perillaldehyde | FL/FR |
| winter | savory oil | FL |
| terpenic |
| para- | cymene | FL/FR |
| woody |
| iso | bornyl acetate | FL/FR |
| | longifolene | FL/FR |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): noteSynonyms:
| | lippia graveolens oil mexico | | mexican | oregano oil | | | origanum oil mexico |
Articles:
| PubMed: | The antibacterial and antifungal activity of essential oils extracted from Guatemalan medicinal plants. |
| PubMed: | Microencapsulation, chemical characterization, and antimicrobial activity of Mexican (Lippia graveolens H.B.K.) and European (Origanum vulgare L.) oregano essential oils. |
| PubMed: | Phytochemical diversity of the essential oils of Mexican Oregano (Lippia graveolens Kunth) populations along an Edapho-climatic gradient. |
| PubMed: | Effect of Phytogenic Feed Additives in Soybean Meal on In vitro Swine Fermentation for Odor Reduction and Bacterial Community Comparison. |
| PubMed: | Antiviral activity of the Lippia graveolens (Mexican oregano) essential oil and its main compound carvacrol against human and animal viruses. |
| PubMed: | Acaricidal effect of essential oils from Lippia graveolens (Lamiales: Verbenaceae), Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiales: Lamiaceae), and Allium sativum (Liliales: Liliaceae) against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae). |
| PubMed: | Anti-Giardia activity of phenolic-rich essential oils: effects of Thymbra capitata, Origanum virens, Thymus zygis subsp. sylvestris, and Lippia graveolens on trophozoites growth, viability, adherence, and ultrastructure. |
| PubMed: | In vitro activity of essential oils extracted from plants used as spices against fluconazole-resistant and fluconazole-susceptible Candida spp. |
| PubMed: | Antioxidant and antimutagenic activities of Mexican oregano (Lippia graveolens Kunth). |
| PubMed: | Antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of the essential oil of Lippia graveolens from Guatemala. |
| PubMed: | Volatile Constituents of Montanoa tomentosa and Lippia graveolens. |
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