Santalum album

Last updated on: 10.02.2025

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The Indian white sandalwood tree is an evergreen tropical tree. The intensely fragrant wood is processed into furniture wood or carved wood. A fragrant essential oil, which is used in the cosmetics industry, is extracted from the heartwood.

Effect of the oil: antimicrobial, fungistatic, therapeutic relevance questionable.

Santalum album extract (INCI)

Santalum album oil (INCI)

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Essential oil: 3-5 %, sesquiterpene alcohols, isomers of santalol, tannins, resin, calcium oxalate; sinapylaldehyde, coniferylaldehyde, syringaaldehyde and vanillin.

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  1. Burdock GA et al. (2007) Safety assessment of sandalwood oil (Santalum album L.). Food Chem Toxicol. 2008 Feb;46(2):421-32. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.09.092. Epub 21. PMID: 17980948.
  2. Santha S et al. (2015) Anticancer Effects of Sandalwood (Santalum album). Anticancer 35:3137-3145. PMID: 26026073.

Last updated on: 10.02.2025