Botanical name: Citrus aurantifolia

Family: Rutaceae

Harvested: India

Parts used: fruit or fruit peel, depending on the maturity

Extraction method: cold pressed and/or steam distillation

Major components of oil: alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, myrcene, limonene, alpha-terpene, terpinolene, 1,8-cineole, linalool, borneol, citronellal, neral, neral acetate, geranial acetate, geranyl

The essential oil of Lime is very volatile with a tonic smell, which justifies its use in perfumery.

Its natural components confer antimicrobial, antiviral, and bactericidal properties to that oil.

Those properties, along with that smell, make Lime an essential oil widely used in the composition of disinfecting household products.

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