The fragrance of copaiba essential oil is sweet and woody. Both copaiba essential oil and its raw material, balsam, are used as ingredients in soaps, perfumes, and various cosmetics, as well as in pharmaceutical preparations, including natural diuretics and cough medicines.
ß-CARYOPHYLLENE
The bicyclic sesquiterpene ß-caryophyllene has received much research interest in recent years as it demonstrates an increasingly wide range of health-enhancing and health-protective properties. A major sesquiterpene component found in a large number of essential oils, it is especially concentrated (above 10%) in a number of essential oils that are commonly used in clinical aromatherapy, including:
- Copaifera officinalis 41-66%
- Ocimum sanctum 29-37%
- Piper nigrum 14-27%
- Melissa officinalis 10-25%
- Cananga odorata 12-15%
- Achillea millefolium 10-15%
- Humulus lupulus up to 15%
- Cannabis sativum up to 18%