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Marigold

Pure and natural essential oil

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  • Code: T1551
  • INCI: Tagetes minuta
  • CAS: 8016-84-0
  • EINECS: 294-862-7
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Type: pure essential oil (EO)
  • Chemotype: Tagetone (minimum 12%)
  • Food flavoring: No
  • Extraction method: steam distillation
  • Purity: 100%
  • Origin: Egypt

Extraction

Marigold essential oil is extracted by steam distillation of the entire fresh flowering plant. It appears as an orange liquid that releases a distinctive, bitter-green, grassy odor with a vaguely minty undertone.

Property

Marigold essential oil is a natural antifungal that also has calming, anxiolytic, antidepressant, hypotensive, bronchodilatory, spasmolytic, and anti-inflammatory properties. Given its toxicity, it should be used sparingly. Even skin use should be cautious, as it can cause dermatitis; for this reason, it is always best to dissolve it beforehand in a vegetable oil (such as almond or sesame).
It blends well with the essential oils of basil, bergamot, bucchus, tarragon, lavender, clary sage, and—at a low concentration—citrus oils.

Uses

Marigold essential oil is typically used as a flavoring for foods, beverages, and tobacco. It is occasionally used in pharmaceuticals and perfumery (composition of herbal-floral notes). In India, marigold flowers are distilled together with sandalwood oil to obtain a traditional perfumed raw material that has been in vogue for centuries: Attar Genda.
The relevant technical and safety documentation for the product is available upon request.

Botany

Also incorrectly called "Mexican marigold", Tagetes is a highly aromatic annual herbaceous plant native to Central and South America. Today, it also grows wild in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The essential oil is extracted from the "minute" variety, which can grow over a meter tall. It has oval, pinnate, pale green leaves and characteristic, intense yellow-orange flower heads.
It grows up to 2,000 meters above sea level in warm, dry climates, primarily in open spaces.