Chemistry of Essential Oils

EUTACEiE

French neroli oil usually has the following characters:—

Bigarade Oil.

431

Specific Gravity.
Optical Rotation
Kefractive Index
Ester No..

0-870 to 0 881

f 1° 30' „ + 9° 8'

1-4675 „ 1 4738

30 „ 70

Portugal Oil.

0-865 to 0-870

+ 25° „ + 45°

1-4730 ,, 1-4750

about 15

Pt

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FIG. 42.—Neroli oil still at Alora.

FIG. 43.—Orange garden at Nabeul (Tunisia). [ViaL