Tea Tree Oil as gum preservative?

From: Arcus, Paul ^lt;Paul.Arcus@dsto.defence.gov.au>
Date: 03/09/06-04:25:43 PM Z
Message-id: <5C2DC46F1D90834FB62F4AF456B0778C08DDB2@ednex511.dsto.defence.gov.au>

> Hi,
> I was wondering if anyone can advise whether tea tree oil dissolved in
> alcohol would be a suitable preservative for gum?
> I was intending to try it as a substitute for Thymol (which I cannot
> source easily).
>
> Tea tree oil has anti-bacterial and disinfectant properties and better
> still is cheap and readily available.
> Any comments?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Arcus
>
Received on Thu Mar 9 16:34:07 2006