1. Scope
This standard applies to the food additive litsea cube oil extracted from fresh fruit by the use of steam distillation.

2. Technical requirements
2.1 sensory requirements
Colorlight yellow to yellow
Stateflowing liquid
Aromasimilar to the characteristic aroma of citral

2.2 physical and chemical indicators
Relative density (20/20)0.880~0.905
Refractive index (20)1.4800~1.4900
Optical rotation (20)+3~+12

Uses:
1, litsea cubeba oil can be used in spices and seasonings.
A. It is usually used for the preparation of citral, for the synthesis of ionone spices and vitamins.
B. It can also be used in the fragrance and flavor of food directly, can be used as a refreshing agent to mention fragrance.
2, the application of litsea cubeba in medicine: with warming spleen and stomach for dispelling , regulating qi to alleviate pain effect, litsea cubeba can be used for wei han caused by hiccup vomiting, abdominal pain, embolism, and for cold hernia abdominal pain, cold urination adverse and urine turbidity caused by children cold and dampness, treatment of common cold due to wind-cold, cough, asthma, indigestion embolism.
With mangrove leaves smashed topical, it can cure gangrene boil and swollen; the water fried with lister cubeba root can treat rheumatism limb numbness, waist and leg disease and bruises by hot pack or hot dip.
Litsea cubeba oil can also be used as synthetic vitamin e, k, a and other raw materials to play its role in medicine. In addition, litsea cubeba also has effect on asthma, anti-allergy, anti-heart often, anti-thrombosis, antibacterial, anti-virus, anti-vaginal trichomonas.