Fennel oil

448.6

448.297745

616-896-7

DTXSID4044327

Colorless to pale yellow oil

35.5

0.00000

0.963 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

5 °C(lit.)

227 °C(lit.)

140 °F

CHARACTERISTIC ANISE ODOR; SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 0.959-0.981 @ 20 °C; INDEX OF REFRACTION 1.5330-1.5530 @ 20 °C; MUTAROTATION: +3 DEG TO +16 DEG @ 20 °C; CONGEALING POINT: +5 TO +15 °C (DEPENDING ON ANETHOLE CONTENT) /SWEET-ESSENTIAL FENNEL OIL/|INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.4840-1.5680 @ 20 °C /COMMON-ESSENTIAL FENNEL OIL/|Index of refraction: 1.5280-1.5380 @ 20 °C/D

Slightly sol in water; sol in 1 vol 90% or in 8 volumes 80% alcohol; very sol in chloroform, ether

KEEP WELL CLOSED, COOL, & PROTECTED FROM LIGHT.

aD25 +12 to +24°

Odor of fennel

Taste of fennel

Mutarotation: +12 deg to +24 deg @ 25 °C (in 100 mm tube)|AROMATIC, SPICY ODOR & AN INITIALLY SLIGHTLY BITTER, CAMPHORACEOUS, THEN SWEET FLAVOR /COMMON FENNEL OIL/|MUTAROTATION: +20 DEG TO +68 DEG; CONGEALING POINT: LESS THAN -10 °C /COMMON-ESSENTIAL FENNEL OIL/|VERY SWEET, SLIGHTLY EARTHY OR PEPPERY, SPICY ODOR; FLAVOR IS WARM, SPICY, AROMATIC, SWEET, & SLIGHTLY BURNING /SWEET FENNEL OIL/|For more Other Experimental Properties (Complete) data for FENNEL OIL (6 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

III

3

UN 1993 3/PG 3

2

38

LJ2550000

Xi

VOLATILE

H226-H315

SRP: At the time of review, criteria for land treatment or burial (sanitary landfill) disposal practices are subject to significant revision. Prior to implementing land disposal of waste residue (including waste sludge), consult with environmental regulatory agencies for guidance on acceptable disposal practices.

Essential oils, oleoresins (solvent-free), and natural extractives (including distillates) that are generally recognized as safe for their intended use, within the meaning of section 409 of the Act. Fennel (sweet) is included on this list.|FDA 121.101, GRAS, NATURAL FLAVOR /FORM NOT STATED/. /SWEET FENNEL OIL/

|Danger|H226 (97.3%): Flammable liquid and vapor [Warning Flammable liquids]|P201, P202, P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P261, P264, P270, P272, P273, P280, P281, P301+P310, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P305+P351+P338, P308+P313, P309+P311, P321, P331, P332+P313, P333+P313, P337+P313, P362, P363, P370+P378, P391, P403+P235, P405, and P501|Aggregated GHS information provided by 148 companies from 8 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

A severe skin irritant.

LD50 Rat oral 3120 mg/kg|LD50 Mouse oral 3100 mg/kg

...from the dried fruit of Foeniculum vulgare Mill, Umbelliferae. Constituents: 50-60% anethole, about 20% fenchone, pinene, limonene, dipentene, phellandrene.|BOTANICAL SOURCE: FOENICULUM VULGARE MILL VAR DULCE. BOTANICAL FAMILY: UMBELLIFERAE. /SWEET FENNEL OIL/|HERBACEOUS, PERENNIAL PLANT, NATIVE TO MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS...GROWS WILD & CULTIVATED ALMOST EVERYWHERE-CENTRAL EUROPE, INDIA, ARGENTINA, UNITED STATES. ONLY THE CULTIVATED PLANT IS USED FOR EXTRACTIVE PURPOSES. /COMMON FENNEL OIL/|PERENNIAL HERB NATIVE TO & WIDESPREAD AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN. ...CULTIVATED VARIETY IS ANNUAL OR BIENNIAL... FRUITS IMPROPERLY CALLED SEEDS. EDIBLE VEGETABLE...FLESHY STALK CARRYING SHEATH-SHAPED LEAVES & A LARGE CYLINDRICAL ROOT. ...FLOWERS...YELLOW UNBELLAE, BLOOMING IN SUMMER. /SWEET FENNEL OIL/

TESTED AT 4%, IN PETROLATUM, /BITTER FENNEL OIL/ PRODUCED NO IRRITATION AFTER A 48-HR CLOSED-PATCH TEST ON HUMAN SUBJECTS.|MAXIMIZATION TEST WAS CARRIED OUT ON 25 VOLUNTEERS. THE MATERIAL WAS TESTED AT A CONCN OF 4%, IN PETROLATUM AND PRODUCED SENSITIZATION REACTIONS IN THREE OF THE 25 TEST SUBJECTS.

fennel oil, bitter

DERIVATIVES- FROM SEEDS: TINCTURE (20% IN 70% ETHANOL), FLUID EXTRACT, & ESSENTIAL OIL. FROM ROOTS: TINCTURE (20% IN 70% ETHANOL), USUALLY PREPARED FROM THE FLUID EXTRACT. /SWEET FENNEL OIL/

Oils, fennel: ACTIVE|...CLOSELY RESEMBLES SWEET FENNEL...EXCEPTION...LARGER SEEDS. ALSO SWEET FENNEL DOES NOT GROW WILD...CULTIVATED ONLY. /COMMON FENNEL/|PARTS OF PLANT USED: FLESHY STALK (VEGETABLE), SEEDS, & ROOTS. /SWEET FENNEL OIL/|THE MAIN CONSTITUENTS...D-PINENE, CAMPHENE, D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE, DIPENTENE, 50-60% ANETHOLE, FENCHONE, METHYL CHAVICOL, ALDEHYDES, & ANISIC ACID. ALSO 2,3- OR 1,3-DIMETHYL BUTADIENE...IDENTIFIED IN A SEED OIL ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH DAKOTA. /COMMON-ESSENTIAL FENNEL OIL/|PARTS OF PLANT USED: GREEN PARTS OF THE PLANT, DRIED SEEDS, ROOTS. /COMMON FENNEL OIL/|For more General Manufacturing Information (Complete) data for FENNEL OIL (9 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

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