Sweet flag oil

Calamus oil (sweet flag oil) is obtained by steam distillation of fresh or unpeeled, dried roots of Acorus calamus L. (Araceae). It is a yellow to medium brown, moderately viscous liquid with a pleasant, spicy, aromatic odor. 

A continuing investigation of sweet flag oil [Acorns calamus) has resulted in the isolation and identification of calamusenone (573) and its isomer (574) together with the unusual trisnor-sesquiterpenoid (575). Two other simple guaiane sesquiterpenoids are (576) and (577), isolated from Athanasia dregeana (DC.). ... 

Rohr, M. etal. 1979. Newsesquiterpenoids of sweet flag oil Acorus calamus) Phytochemistry 18 279-281. 

Calamus oi (sweet flag oil). Yellow to brown, rather viscous oil with a heavy, warm-spicy, sweet, root-like odor and a warm-spicy, bitter taste. 

Synonyms Acorus calamus Acorus calamus oil German calamus oil Sweet flag oil... 

Sweet flag. See Calamus Sweet flag oil. See Calamus oil Sweet gum. See Storax (Liquidambar orientalis) Sweet Lime Oii 5 Foid. See Lime (Citrus aurantifolia) oil... 

Vrkoc J, Herout V, Sorm F 1961 On terpenes. CXXIII. On the structure of calacone, a new ses-quiterpenic ketone from the sweet-flag oil Acorus calamus L.). Collect Czech Chem Commun 26 1343-1349... 

Acorns calamus L. var. angustatus Besser A. gramineus Ait. A. tatarinowii L. Chang Pu (Sweet flag) (leaf, root) Acoric acid, beta-asarone, yellow bitter aromatic volatile oil, alpha-pinene, d-camphene, calamene, calamenol, calamenone.50,357-450 Anticonvulsant, analgesic, aphrodisiac, carminative, contraceptive, dessicant, diaphoretic. 

Calamus, or Sweet Flag—is the root-stem of the acorue calamus, and comes iu long, slender pieces, with a yellowish-brown and wrinkled exterior. It is white in the interior, and gives off an aromatic odor, which may be obtained in the form of volatile oil. 

C. A mixture of oil of sweet flag in glycerine (1 2), made according to one of the traditional trappers recipes, kindly provided by Prof. M.M. Alexander, Syracuse, N.Y. (sample 13 in Figure 3). 

Within the framework of this paper it is not possible to discuss all the screening results. For those who are interested, a detailed report (21) (in Dutch ) is available. It may suffice here to relate that the home made gland extract A (batch 29, which also performed best in the field tests of Figures 4 and 5) was the best attractant, followed by a mixture of the oils of sweet flag and catnip (recipe obtained through the courtesy of Prof. Alexander) and the American muskrat musk, which was also used in the field tests. As an example, the results of one of these tests is shown in Figure 6. 

SYNS CALAMUS oil KALMUS OEL (GERMAN) OIL OF SWEET FLAG... 

Calamus, Sweet flag calm us sweet cane sweet grass. Dried rhizome of Acorus calamus L., Araceae. Habit. Europa, North America, Western Asia cultivated in Burma and Ceylon. Canstit. Acorin, a coretin (choline), 1.5% volatile oil, 2.5% resins, 1.5% tannins also reducing sugars and sterol bodies. Ref Bose et of., J. Am. Pharm. Assoc. 49 32 0960). 

Oil of Calamus. Oil of sweet flag. Volatile oil from rhizome of Acorns calamus L., Araceae grown in North America, Europe and Asia. Constit. of Jammu, India variety 0-asarOne 75.8% calamene 3.84% calamo] 3.2% a -asarone 1.32% camphene 0.92% 0 -pinene 0.56% asaronal-dehyde 0.2%, Vashist, Handa, Soap Perfum. Cosmet. 37, 135 (1964). 

Connecting the bonds C-l-C-6 and C-6-C-10 in famesane formally produces the spiro[4,5]decane basic skeleton of acorane. The name of this class of sesquiterpenes stems from the Acorus species. (-)-4-Acoren-3-one, for example, has been isolated from Acorus calamus (Calamus, Araceae) and from the carrot Daucus carota (Umbelliferae). The oil of calamus (oil of sweet flag) from the rhizome of Acorus calamus with its warm and spicy odor and pleasant bitter taste is predominantly used in perfumery and as a minor (possibly carcinogenic) ingredient of vermouth, some flavored wines and liqueurs. (+)-3,7(ll)-Acoradiene is a constituent of juniper Juniperus rigida its enantiomer occurs in Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Cupressaceae). 

Essential oils are complex mixtures of volatile substances contained in natural plant materials. They are obtained from different parts of plants, their flowers (such as jasmine oil), flowering stalks or straw (such as mint and thyme oils), fruits or seeds (such as cumin, pepper and juniper oils), fruit pericarp (such as citrus oils), wood (sandal oil) leaves (bay oil), bulbs (such as garlic oil), rhizomes (such as sweet flag and turmeric oils) and roots (such as gentian oil). Essential oils are obtained by three basic procedures or their combinations ... 

Sweet flag (calamus) rhizome Acorus calamus, Araceae) essential oil contains as the main component toxic (S-asaron (see Section 8.2.3.1.2). Other important calamus constituents are bitter alkaloids, of which the most important compound is a glycoside called acorin (8-263). 

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