bulk wholesale L-carvone 99% cas 99-49-0 food flavor natural pure carvone
Application
Pharmaceutical raw materials
Air fresher
Food additives
Fragrance
Description
In general carvones are used in the food industry, and in aromatherapy like many essential oils, it is also used in air fresheners for it pleasant smell. It also has several therapeutic effects that make it a perfect choice in the treatment of certain medical conditions. Carvone in Food:
It has been used in food for over millennia. The very famous Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum uses natural spearmint oil that has been extracted from Mentha spicata, and the other spearmint flavored Life Savers use the same.
Carvone that has been extracted from dill and caraway have also been in use in the food industry. The famous European drink Kummel is created with a mixture of an extract from caraway and alcohol.
Carvone in Agriculture:
It is commonly used in Netherlands to prevent the sprouting of potatoes that have been kept in storage.
Specification
Items |
Standards |
Characters |
Colorless to yellow liquid with spearmint aroma |
Relative density (20/20℃) |
0.956-0.970 |
Refractive index (20℃) |
1.495-1.99 |
Flash point |
92-94℃ |
Boiling point |
230-231℃ |
Assay |
Carvone≥99% |
Benefits & Functions
used as a Pesticide used to prevent premature sprouting of potatoes during storage in Agriculture industry a suppressant effect against high-fat diet induced weight gain in mice.
used in aromatherapy and alternnative medicine air fresheners antimicrobial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, neurological etc.
Applications
in aromatherapy
used in air fresheners for it pleasant smell.
in medicine
Food flavor for chewing gum and mint candies
used in insect repellents
used to prevent stored potatoes from sprouting.