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Essential oil
Wormwood essential oil
Artemisia annuaEssential oilBulk supplyHalal
- Appearance
- Transparent fluid
- Colour
- Yellow-green to brown-greenish
- Odour
- Specific, of wormwood
Physico-chemical properties
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Relative density (g/cm³) | from 0.820 to 0.960 |
| Refractive index (20°C) | from 1.4700 to 1.4950 |
| Acid value (mg KOH/g) | not more than 10.0 |
Content of characteristic ingredients (by GC), %
| Ingredient | Content, % |
|---|---|
| Content of ketones (as iso-artemisia ketone), % | more than 20.0, ideally 35–40 |
| Camphor | from 10 to 20 |
| Pinocarveol | from 2.8 to 10.9 |
Therapeutic properties
Wormwood essential oil is above all a stomach medicine, being useful for indigestion, gastric pain, and lack of appetite, as well as the related problems of heartburn and flatulence, fevers, dysentery, asthma, burns, and anemia. It is also said to be helpful for liver insufficiency by stimulating liver and gallbladder secretions, and for jaundice.
Information as published in the Alta Oils product catalogue. It is not medical advice.