Violet Leaf Essential Oil (Viola odorata)
Overview
Violet Leaf may also be referred to as wood violet, sweet violet, English violet, common violet, florist's violet, garden violet, or violet leaf absolute. It is typically processed using solvent extracted or absolute as a method for extracting oil from the leaves.
Summary
Violet leaf oil comes from the leaves of the Viola odorata plant. It has a floral, earthy scent.
Violet Leaf Absolute is an intriguing absolute to work with. Aromatically, it possesses a green aroma with a slight earthy, floral character at low dilutions. As an absolute, I particularly prefer it for use in perfumery and fragrancing applications. It blends especially well with essential oils in the floral, herb and wood families.
Essential Facts
- Aroma Description:
- Common Name(s): wood violet, sweet violet, English violet, common violet, florist's violet, garden violet, or violet leaf absolute
- Botanical Family: Violaceae
- Botanical Genus: Viola
- Major Compounds: 9, 12-Octadecadienoic Acid, 2,6-Nonedienal, Hexadecanoic Acid, 3-Pentadecenal, 1-Hexadecene, 1-Octadecene, 2,6,11-Trimethyldodecane
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Consistency: Thick
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Middle - Base
- Color: Dark Green
- Processing Methods: Solvent Extracted or Absolute
- Part Typically Used: Leaves
Earthy
Green
Slightly floral-
Ethically and sustainably sourced
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Vegan
Essential Details
Benefits & Uses
May be benefitial for addressing the following ailments:
Bruises
Cellulite
Exhaustion
Nervous Conditions / Tension
Rheumatism
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Skin : Mature
Spots ( Acne )
Water Retention
Therapeutic Benefits of Violet Leaf:
Anti-rheumaticOther Uses for Violet Leaf:
Natural PerfumeryCautions & Safety
Safety Precautions for Violet Leaf:
Do not take any oils internally and do not apply undiluted essential oils, absolutes, CO2s or other concentrated essences onto the skin without advanced essential oil knowledge or consultation from a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. If you are pregnant, epileptic, have liver damage, have cancer, or have any other medical problem, use oils only under the proper guidance of a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. Use extreme caution when using oils with children and be sure to first read the recommended dilution ratios for children. Consult a qualified aromatherapy practitioner before using oils with children, the elderly, if you have medical issues or are taking medications. For in-depth information on oil safety issues, read Essential Oil Safety by Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young.
Articles
Violet Leaf Articles or Publications:
- PubMed: Volatile compounds of Viola odorata absolutes: identification of odorant active markers to distinguish plants originating from France and Egypt.
- PubMed: Comparison of the antimicrobial effects of semipurified cyclotides from Iranian Viola odorata against some of plant and human pathogenic bacteria.
- PubMed: Studies on the antihypertensive and antidyslipidemic activities of Viola odorata leaves extract.
- PubMed: Composition of essential oil and biological activity of extracts of Viola odorata L. from central Iran.
- PubMed: A liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry method for quantification of cyclotides in plants avoiding sorption during sample preparation.
- PubMed: Analysis of the constituents and quality control of Viola odorata aqueous preparations by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-ESI-MS.
- PubMed: Anticancer and chemosensitizing abilities of cycloviolacin 02 from Viola odorata and psyle cyclotides from Psychotria leptothyrsa.
- PubMed: A new "era" for cyclotide sequencing.
- PubMed: The cyclotide cycloviolacin O2 from Viola odorata has potent bactericidal activity against Gram-negative bacteria.
- PubMed: Measurement of melatonin in alcoholic and hot water extracts of Tanacetum parthenium, Tripleurospermum disciforme and Viola odorata.
- PubMed: The anthelmintic activity of the cyclotides: natural variants with enhanced activity.
- PubMed: Backbone cyclised peptides from plants show molluscicidal activity against the rice pest Pomacea canaliculata (golden apple snail).
- PubMed: Mechanism of action of cytotoxic cyclotides: cycloviolacin O2 disrupts lipid membranes.
- PubMed: The combined effect of two aqueous extracts on the growth of Trichomonas vaginalis, in vitro.
- PubMed: A novel suite of cyclotides from Viola odorata: sequence variation and the implications for structure, function and stability.
- PubMed: Repellency effect of forty-one essential oils against Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex mosquitoes.
- PubMed: The sensilla of Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes and their importance in repellency.
- PubMed: Discovery and characterization of a linear cyclotide from Viola odorata: implications for the processing of circular proteins.
- PubMed: Reversible antifouling effect of the cyclotide cycloviolacin O2 against barnacles.
- PubMed: Conserved structural and sequence elements implicated in the processing of gene-encoded circular proteins.
- PubMed: Variations in cyclotide expression in viola species.
- PubMed: Primary and 3-D modelled structures of two cyclotides from Viola odorata.
- PubMed: Cyclotides: a novel type of cytotoxic agents.
- PubMed: Plant cyclotides: A unique family of cyclic and knotted proteins that defines the cyclic cystine knot structural motif.
- PubMed: Antipyretic studies on some indigenous Pakistani medicinal plants.