Cedarwood Essential Oil Virginian CAS 8000-27-9

Virginia Cedarwood Oil is a pale yellow to slightly orange-yellow colored oil which, on rectification, will yield a water-white, oily liquid. It is slightly less viscous than Atlas or Texas cedarwood oils and it does not deposit crystals at ordinary temperatures. The odor of Virginia cedarwood oil is at first oily-woody and almost sweet, mild and pleasant, somewhat balsamic and typical of cedarwood (lumber). The odor becomes drier and more woody, less balsamic as the oil dries out on a perfume blotter (Texas cedarwood oil smells sweeter as it dries out).

Arctander, Steffen . Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin (p. 173)
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Part of the commercially available cedar oil is produced by steam distillation from wood shavings, it contains a wide variety of terpenes. The tree major components alpha-Cedrene, Thujopsene and Cedrol are more than 60% of the essential oil. The fruits also yield an essential oil which contains mostly D-Limonene.[

The oil derived from foliage and twigs has two main constituents Safrole and Limonene.[23] One minor compound is the Podophyllotoxin, a non-alkaloid toxin lignan.   The essential oil contains cedrol which has toxic and possibly carcinogenic properties.

CAS

8000-27-9
Binomial Name

Juniperus virginiana
Appearance

Pale yellow to yellow viscous liquid.
odour description

at 100.00 %. cedar woody oily balsam
Luebke, William tgsc, (1983)