DESCRIPTION

Mandarin Oil, Cold-pressed occurs as a clear, dark orange to red-yellow or brown-orange liquid with a pleasant, orange odor. It often shows a blue fluorescence in diffused light. Oils produced from unripe fruit often show a green color. It is the oil obtained by expression of the peels of the ripe fruit of the mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata Blanco var. Mandarin (Fam. Rutaceae). It is soluble in most fixed oils and in mineral oil, slightly soluble in propylene glycol, but insoluble in glycerin. It may contain a suitable antioxidant.