Hyptis suaveolens oil (inci)

Hyptis suaveolens oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the leaves of the wasteland lavender. Hyptis suaveolens is an annual herbaceous plant from the Lamiaceae family.

Hyptis suaveolens oil is an oil that is used in cosmetic formulations. The oil contains sabinene, limonene, biclyclogermacrene, beta-phellandrene and 1,8-cineole. In cosmetics, the oil is used as an emollient (softens and smoothes the skin).

Extracts from the seeds of the lavender plant are used in folk medicine to treat disorders of the digestive tract.

1. Azevedo NR et al (2001) Chemical variability in the essential oil of Hyptis suaveolens. Phytochemistry 57:733-736.