Caryophylli floris aetheroleum

Official essential oil(Caryophylli floris aetheroleum) extracted from flower buds, pedicels and foliage according to Ph.Eur.8.

According to ÖAB, clove oil is extracted as essential oil from the flower buds.

The clove oil and the clove itself are used. In clove oils, the oils of the different parts of the plant are distinguished. The clove is primarily used to extract eugenol(terpene). Eugenol has a mild antiseptic, local anaesthetic and antibacterial effect. Essential use in dentistry (e.g. root fillings) or as a flavouring in balsams, tea, etc.

Clove is used in cooking and baking and in the food industry as a flavouring and odorant. Vanillin and isoeugenol as well as other eugenol derivatives are synthesized from eugenol .

DKG has tested clove oil in vaseline at 2%. This application form is no longer available as a test substance in Germany. In this respect, the test substance Eugenol 1% in Vaseline is now (as of 2016) recommended. Clove oil consists of 90% eugenol, which is also contained in the fragrance mix.