DESCRIPTION

Chamomile Oil, English Type occurs as a light blue or light green-blue liquid with a strong, aromatic odor, characteristic of the flowers. The color may change with age to green-yellow or yellow-brown. It is the oil obtained by steam distillation of the dried flowers of the so-called English or Roman Chamomile, Anthemis nobilis L. (Fam. Asteraceae). It is soluble in most fixed oils, and it is almost completely soluble in mineral oil. It is soluble, with slight haziness, in propylene glycol, but it is insoluble in glycerin.