Hartman-Petrycka Magdalena, Lebiedowska Agata
Department of Basic Biomedical Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Kasztanowa 3, Sosnowiec 41-205, Katowice, Poland.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2021 Jul 12;2021:9934143. doi: 10.1155/2021/9934143. eCollection 2021.
Sandalwood oil is one of the most valuable raw materials worldwide. As a highly valued product, it has its own regulations based on the ISO 3518 standard, which clearly informs producers, distributors, and consumers of the requirements to be met. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of products called sandalwood oil based on the information provided by the manufacturer of the oils on Polish, German, and English websites.
A Google search was utilized to collect data on sandalwood oil offered by producers and distributors in Polish and foreign markets. Information from 50 websites in each of the aforementioned languages, including the description of sandalwood oil properties on websites, method for using it, safety limitations, and presence of a product description consistent with the INCI recommendations, was gathered using Microsoft Excel software and was analyzed. The information that enabled us to estimate the quality of the oils was the botanical name of the oil-bearing plant and the price. Good-quality oils were considered to be oils with the botanical name in the description and with a price not considerably less than the price of white sandalwood oils sold by reliable distributors who control the quality of the oils by chromatography. Ultimately, the lower price limit for one milliliter of the oil was established as PLN 21. Good-quality sandalwood oils derived from the plant at a price equal to or greater than the chromatographically tested items amounted to a negligible percentage of products sold online. Without knowing the botanical name of the essential oil plant and the price range of unadulterated sandalwood oil, the likelihood of buying a reliable product is low on all of the analyzed websites, with the lowest probability being observed on the Polish websites.
檀香油是全球最有价值的原材料之一。作为一种高价值产品，它有基于ISO 3518标准的自身规定，该标准明确告知生产商、经销商和消费者需要满足的要求。本研究的目的是根据波兰语、德语和英语网站上檀香油生产商提供的信息，评估所谓檀香油产品的质量。
利用谷歌搜索收集波兰和国外市场上生产商和经销商提供的檀香油数据。使用微软Excel软件收集上述每种语言的50个网站的信息，包括网站上檀香油特性的描述、使用方法、安全限制以及是否存在符合国际化妆品原料命名法（INCI）建议的产品描述，并进行分析。使我们能够评估油质量的信息是产油植物的植物学名和价格。优质油被认为是在描述中有植物学名且价格不明显低于通过色谱法控制油质量的可靠经销商出售的白檀香油价格的油。最终，将一毫升油的最低价格限制设定为21波兰兹罗提。来自该植物且价格等于或高于经色谱测试产品的优质檀香油在网上销售的产品中所占比例可忽略不计。在所有分析的网站上，在不知道精油植物的植物学名和未掺假檀香油价格范围的情况下，购买可靠产品的可能性很低，在波兰网站上观察到的概率最低。
