March 2006 Alt-Photo-Process-L: Tea Tree Oil as gum preservative

From: Arcus, Paul ^lt;Paul.Arcus@dsto.defence.gov.au>
Date: 03/09/06-05:45:18 PM Z
Message-id: <5C2DC46F1D90834FB62F4AF456B0778C08DDB4@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 17:54:02 2006

Tea Tree Oil as gum preservative?