Coast Manuka Essential Oil

Coast Biologicals Limited is able to produce large quantities of "East Cape Chemotype" Manuka Oil from wild growing Leptospermum scoparium. Because of large scale production, Coast Biologicals is able to blend to a high quality, which ensures the user of batch to batch consistency. Coast Manuka Oil which has quite low levels of Pinenes and Myrcene but high levels of Flavesone, Isoleptospermone and Leptospermone. This combination gives a high level of antimicrobial activity, particularly against gram positive organisms such as staphylococcus and streptococcus. It also has a wide range of antifungal activity.

It is very important to understand that only East Cape Chemotype Manuka has potent antimicrobial characteristics. Also because of Coast Biologicals' unique steam distillation method, a much higher Tiketone level is achieved compared with another East Cape Chemotype being sold.

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Specification For Coast Manuka Oil

TEST

SPECIFICATIONS

Appearance (Visual)

Clear Mobile Liquid

Colour (Visual)

Pale Yellow

Relative Density @ 20oC

0.970 ± 0.050

Moisture Content (Visual)

No Visible water @ 20oC

Miscibility with 100% Ethanol @ 20oC

Clear solution with 1 vol. oil to 2 vols. 100% Ethanol

Assay Alpha - Pinene

> 10 g/l

Assay Alpha - Cubebene

> 25 g/l

Assay Alpha - Copaene

> 40 g/l

Assay Beta - Caryophyllene

> 20 g/l

Assay Trans - Calamenene

> 118 g/l

Assay Flavesone

> 50 g/l

Assay Isoleptospermone

> 50 g/l

Assay Leptospermone

> 158 g/l

Typical Antimicrobial Activity Of Coast Manuka Oil

RESULTS SHOWN ARE THE MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS REQUIRED TO EFFECT A COMPLETE KILL

ORGANISM

ORGANISM TYPE

CONCENTRATION OF OIL

Staphylococcus aureus

gram +ve bacterium

1 : 1500

Streptococcus faecalis

gram +ve bacterium

1 : 2000

Streptococcus pyogenes

gram +ve bacterium

1 : 2000

Bacillus subtilis

gram +ve bacterium

1 : 750

Propionibacterium acnes

gram +ve bacterium

1 : 700

Listeria monocytogenes

gram +ve bacterium

1 : 2000

Klebsiella pneumoniae

gram -ve bacterium

< 1 : 10

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

gram -ve bacterium

< 1 : 10

Escherichia coli

gram -ve bacterium

< 1 : 10

Candida albicans

Yeast

1 : 30

Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Fungi

1 : 1250

Microsporum canis

Fungi

1 : 1000

Aspergillus niger

Fungi

1 : 50