Sandalwood Oil

• is obtained by distillation of dried heart wood from the plant Santalum album Linn (Family: Santalaceae).


  Sandalwood Oil
• The sandal tree is available in India and Malaya.
• In India, the trees are available in Tamilnadu, Mysore, Maharastra, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Rajasthan and Gujarat.


  Sandalwood oil
• is yellowish and pale reddish viscous liquid. It has strong fragrance, taste is slightly bitter.


  Sandal wood oil
• contains mixture of two isomers α- and β-santolol (90%), α and βsantalene, santalone, santanone, isovaleraldehvde, α- and β-santalic acids, etc.


  Sandalwood oil