Abstract
A priceless tree connected to Indian culture is sandalwood (Santalum album L.). The second-most costly plant in the world is this one. Sanskrit names for sandalwood include Chandana and East Indian Sandalwood. Its essential oil is also known as East Indian Sandalwood Oil. The species is hemiparasitic and capable of photosynthesizing, but it depends on the host plant for its water, mineral nutrition, and organic material needs. From the newborn through the cremation, sandalwood is employed according to Indian tradition. Sandalwood oil and trees have a very significant commercial value on the Indian market. There are several different types of sandalwood, and they are all widely available.
The perfume of the tree's heartwood makes it prized. Pharmaceuticals, aromatherapy, cosmetics, and perfumes all use sandalwood oil. An evergreen tree native to India, sandalwood is utilised in a variety of industrial items, including mouthwash, delicacies, incense, room fresheners, deodorants, soaps, lotions, and creams. Sandal oil and paste are also used in medical treatments, skin care products, and cosmetics. It has some truly amazing medical qualities. The oil, which can be extracted with water or alcohol or squeezed from the wood, has the medicinal characteristics. Sandalols and sandalols are the aromatic components of sandalwood oil. The properties of sandal wood essential oil, such as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-phlogistic, anti-spasmodic, astringent, cicatrizing, diuretic, disinfectant, emollient, expectorant, hypotensive, memory-enhancing, sedative, anti bacterial, anti-viral, and insect repellent, are what give it its health benefits.
IJCRT's Publication Details
Unique Identification Number - IJCRT2208064
Paper ID - 223859
Page Number(s) - a478-a493
Pubished in - Volume 10 | Issue 8 | August 2022
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Publisher Name - IJCRT | www.ijcrt.org | ISSN : 2320-2882
E-ISSN Number - 2320-2882
Cite this article
  Kardile Pooja,  Kardile Sanidhya,  Mr. Mahesh Kshirsagar,   
"AN OVERVIEW ON INDIAN SANDALWOOD (SANTALUM ALBUM L.)", International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), ISSN:2320-2882, Volume.10, Issue 8, pp.a478-a493, August 2022, Available at :
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