Betel Oil

The Betel Oil is known as Piper Betle oil as botanical name This oil is basically soluble in alcohol but it is insoluble in water They are yellow to brown colored clear liquid These oils are used in areas such as cosmetics deodorants masking agents oral care agents skin conditioning products etc Apart from this they are obtained by using a technique known as hydro distillation In this process the leaves of betel are used The odor is distinctly Phenolic or Smoky in nature The flavor of this oil is generally bitter acrid warm also has sharp biting These oils have a refractive index at 30 C of 1500 to 15240 the optical rotation at 30 C is of 15 to 4 has a specific gravity at 30 C is of 10440 to 10540

Further the main chemical constituents of this oil is Phenols that is used up to 75 including Chavibetol Para Allyl Phenol Hydroxy Chavicol They are mainly used in many industries and are also used in perfumery compound They also have properties of a carminative aromatic stimulant antiseptic aphrodisiac warming Further the oil has also the properties of curing worms as well as in the treatment of respiratory ailments

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