FEMA 3040 Property

Density 

0.886 g/mL at 25 °C

refractive index 

n20/D1.481

FEMA 

3040 | TAGETES OIL (TAGETES ERECTA L.; T. PATULA L.; OR T. GLANDULIFERA SCHRANK)

Flash point:

50℃

form 

liquid

Odor

at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. rancid green herbal fruity

Odor Type

herbal

optical activity

[α]20/D +8.4°, neat

EPA Substance Registry System

Oils, Tagetes (8016-84-0)

Safety

Hazard Codes 

Xn,N

Risk Statements 

10-38-43-50/53-65

Safety Statements 

24-36/37/39-61-62

RIDADR 

UN 1993C 3 / PGIII

WGK Germany 

2

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Danger

Hazard statements

H226Flammable liquid and vapour

H304May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways

H315Causes skin irritation

H334May cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled

H400Very toxic to aquatic life

Precautionary statements

P261Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.

P273Avoid release to the environment.

P301+P310IF SWALLOWED: Immediately call a POISON CENTER or doctor/physician.

P331Do NOT induce vomiting.

P342+P311IF experiencing respiratory symptoms: call a POISON CENTER or doctor/physician.

FEMA 3040 Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

Tagetes oil is produced by steam distillation of the flowering plants Tagetes minuta L. (Tagetes glandulifera Schrank., Asteraceae). The main producers are South Africa and India. The oil is a yellow to dark orange liquid with a strong, aromatic, fruity odor. Its main components are (Z)-ocimene, dihydrotagetone, C₁₀H₁₈O, (Z)- and (E)-tagetone, C₁₀H₁₆O and (Z)- and (E)-tagetenone, C₁₀H₁₄O. Tagetes oil is produced just on a scale of some tons annually. It is used in accentuated floral fragrances and in aroma compositions to achieve fruity effects.

Chemical Properties

The oil, obtained by steam distillation in approximately 0.3 to 0.4% yields, with an unpleasant, rancid odor and a peppermint-like undertone. The Indian variety (T. patula L.) yields an oil similar to that of calendula with an herbaceous, faintly lavender-like odor; this essential oil is not commercially available. The flowers of T. patula L., co-distilled with sandalwood oil, yield the so-called attar genda, a product employed in perfumery in India.

Physical properties

The oil is a yellow-reddish liquid. The oil tends to solidify to a gelatinous mass on exposure to light and moisture.

Definition

Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. Tagetes, Compositae

Essential oil composition

Its main constituents are tegetone (an unstable, unsaturated ketone believed to be responsible for the rancid odor), d-limonene and p-cymene. Other constituents include cis-β-ocimene, dihydrotagetone.