Jumat, 18 Juni 2010

Tea Tree Oil

Used is the essential oil of leaves and branch tips. It is obtained by steam distillation. Tea tree oil is due to its antiseptic, bactericidal and fungicidal activity for use in dermatology (eg in treatment of acne, dandruff and psoriasis, fungal infections, molluscum contagiosum, muscle aches, sores, rheumatism, smoker's cough and varicose veins), is listed in European Pharmacopoeia However, there is no patent formula due to lack of reliable indication.

Subjected to gas chromatographic analysis of tea tree oil, so you can see that tea tree oil is a mixture of about 100 substances. Noteworthy are (+)-terpinen-4-ol (40%), α-terpinene (20%), terpinolene, terpineol (each 3-4%), pinene, myrcene, phellandrene, p-cymene, limonene, 1 ,8-cineole. Tea tree oil has a very strong antimicrobial effect. Compared with the relatively toxic phenol is the tea tree 11-13 times more effective and thus, for example, far more bactericidal than eucalyptus oil (phenol coefficient about 3.5).

As critically, the risk of development of contact allergy is considered to be triggers are different proportions of the oil (d-limonene and α-terpinene) and their oxidation products ascaridole and 1,2,4-Trihydroxymenthan. The older the oil is, the greater the risk. After four days the oxidation process of the oil. The amount of allergen is rising, and especially on vorerkrankter skin can cause contact dermatitis. Up to three percent of people tested in 2003 were sensitive to tea tree oil.


Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australischer_Teebaum
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