DESCRIPTION

Lemon Oil, Desert Type, Cold-pressed, occurs as a pale to deep yellow or green-yellow liquid with the characteristic odor and taste of the outer part of fresh lemon peel. It is the volatile oil obtained by expression, without the aid of heat, from the fresh peel of the fruit of Citrus limon L. Burmann filius (Fam. Rutaceae), with or without the previous separation of the pulp and peel. It is miscible with dehydrated alcohol and with glacial acetic acid. It may contain a suitable antioxidant.