D-LIMONENE

Colorless liquid with characteristic odor of lemons

Limonene is increasingly being used as a solvent for cleaning purposes, such as the removal of oil from machine parts, as it is produced from a renewable source (citrus oil, as a byproduct of orange juice manufacture). It is used as a paint stripper and is also useful as a fragrant alternative to turpentine. Limonene is also used as a solvent in some model airplane glues and as a constituent in some paints. All-natural commercial air fresheners, with air propellants, containing limonene are used by philatelists to remove self-adhesive postage stamps from envelope paper.

Limonene is common in cosmetic products. It is also used as a fragrance in perfumery, aftershave lotions, bath products and other such products that include fragrance. It is also used as botanical insecticide, the d enantiomer is most active as an insecticide. It is added to cleaning products such as hand cleansers to give a lemon-orange fragrance and because of its ability to dissolve oils. In natural and alternative medicine, d-limonene is marketed to relieve gastroesophageal reflux disease and heartburn.

D-Limonene; Unilene L; Cyclohexene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-, (R)-; 4-Isopropenyl-1-methyl-1-cyclohexene;(R)-Limone; Limonene, (+)-

Keep container tightly sealed away from ignition sources.