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Coast Manuka Essential Oil


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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.

  • Be certain of the best and specify Coast Manuka Oil.


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
Certificates of analysis are supplied for each lot of Coast Manuka Oil.
 

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
  • Coast Manuka Oil is NON HAZARDOUS


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Coast Biologicals Limited, Unit 1, 19C Ronwood Ave, Manukau 2104, PO Box 97592, Manukau 2241, Auckland, New Zealand. Ph: +64 9 236 0917 Fax: +64 9 263 6437, Email: mail@coastbio.co.nz