The (-)-α-bisabolol offered by Citroleo - Citrue Bisabolol - is pure, organic and 100% natural. From non-genetically modificated sources, it is obtained by fractional distillation of candeia tree essential oil. Citrue Bisabolol does not go through chemical process of purification, solvents reactions, synthesis or even fermentation process, making it unique and truly natural.
On the market for more than 40 years, with no ill effects reported, Citrue Bisabolol
produced by Citroleo Group is completely free from farnesol. This ensures that the active is not harmful for children or adults and can be used in all of types of products for sensitive skin, including babies’ products.
There are different ingredients in the market commonly called Bisabolol: the natural product, as supplied by Citroleo, which contains 100% of the levorotatory isomer, the only biologically active isomer, then a product of biotechnology, and the synthetic version, which contains the racemic mixture (± isomers). Citrue Bisabolol has its active potential ensured by the presence of this isomer in 100% of its content while the synthetic version contains only 50% (racemic mixture (±) a-bisabolol).
Besides that the value chain of the biotechnological product is completely unknown, because so far, the industrial processes involved, as well as the strains used and, above all, the long-term human exposure effects are not known.
