Summary
Chiral testing of commercial tea tree oil samples collected from cosmetic, therapeutic and pesticide products sold in North & South America, Europe and Asia. A target of 100 samples per year over three years will be screened for enantiomeric abundance of imonene, terpinen4ol and alphaterpineol (chiral purity) to ISO 4730:2017 Standard.
Program
Tea Tree Oil
Research Organisation
ATTIA Ltd
Objective Summary
1. Identify manufacturers who sell adulterated material as "100% pure Tea Tree Oil (TTO) steam distilled from Melaleuca alternifolia". 2. Protect the health and safety of users of TTO by reducing the incidence of product adulteration globally. 3. Enhance the reputation of the TTO supply chain by minimising the sale of adulterated material. 4. Provide the Australian TTO industry with a unique opportunity to promote and sell 100% pure Australian TTO that conforms to ATTIA’s Code of Practice (COP) and is guaranteed to be 100% pure Australian TTO.
Project Code
PRJ-011624
Project Stage
Current
Project Start Date
Friday, March 1, 2019
Project Completion Date
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Journal Articles From Project
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National Priority
Frontier technologies for building and transforming Australian industries
National Priority
Advanced Technology
National Priority
TTO-Increasing demand