สารบัญ

Thai name น้ำมันกระวานเทศ (NAM-MAN KRAWAN THET)

Category Carminative; pharmaceutic aid (flavouring agent).

        Cardamom Oil is the volatile oil obtained by distillation from the crushed fruits of Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton (Family Zingiberaceae).

Origin of plant Cardamom Oil-yielding plant is native to India.

Constituents  Cardamom Oil contains mainly -terpinyl acetate, 1,8-cineole, -terpineol, and linalool.

Description  Colourless or pale yellow liquid; odour, pungent and aromatic. 

Solubility  Miscible with ethanol.

Packaging and storage Cardamom Oil shall be kept in well-filled, tightly closed containers, protected from light, and stored at a temperature not exceeding 25°.

Solubility test Soluble, at 25º, in 5 volumes of ethanol (70 per cent).

Specific gravity  0.917 to 0.947 (Appendix 4.9).

Refractive index  1.461 to 1.467, at 20° (Appendix 4.7).

Optical rotation  +22° to +44° (Appendix 4.8).

Ester value  90 to 156 (Appendix 5.5).