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 "id": "sandalwood-oil",
 "type": "Material",
 "version": 2,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 2,
 "confidence": "B",
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  "GC-7",
  "GC-8",
  "EU-2023-1545"
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 "notes": "The extraction method is the trade’s convention on this site: the filed sources say the oil is “extracted” or “distilled” from the heartwood without naming steam distillation.",
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  "value": "sandalwood oil",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GC-7",
  "where": "docs/sources/GC-7-diaz-chavez-2013-sandalwood-oil.md:13",
  "quote": "Sandalwood oil is one of the world’s most highly prized essential oils, appearing in many high-end perfumes and fragrances.",
  "confidence": "A"
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  "evidence": "perfumery convention",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "note": "a distillate of the heartwood",
  "confidence": "B"
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  "value": "santalum-album",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GC-7",
  "where": "docs/sources/GC-7-diaz-chavez-2013-sandalwood-oil.md:19",
  "quote": "Four sesquiterpenols, α-, β-, and epi-β-santalol and α-exo-bergamotol, make up approximately 90% of the oil of Santalum album.",
  "confidence": "A"
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  "value": "the heartwood, and the roots, of mature trees",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GC-8",
  "where": "docs/sources/GC-8-fatima-2022-sandalwood-karnataka.md:13",
  "quote": "The economic value of sandalwood depends on the quantity of heartwood and its essential oil extracted from the heartwood as well roots of the mature trees of santalum spps. [2–5].",
  "confidence": "A"
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  "value": "steam-distillation",
  "evidence": "perfumery convention",
  "source": null,
  "where": "radlerboutique.html:9452",
  "note": "the page’s facts list; no filed source names the method",
  "confidence": "B"
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  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no grade on record; “Mysore” is the trade’s name, not a filed grade"
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   "creamy",
   "milky",
   "sweet"
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  "evidence": "house interpretation",
  "source": null,
  "where": "radlerboutique.html:9365",
  "confidence": "C",
  "note": "the house essay’s words; no descriptor source is filed"
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   "molecule": "alpha-santalol",
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    "value": true,
    "evidence": "documented",
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    "quote": "Four sesquiterpenols, α-, β-, and epi-β-santalol and α-exo-bergamotol, make up approximately 90% of the oil of Santalum album.",
    "confidence": "B",
    "note": "with β- and epi-β-santalol and α-exo-bergamotol, about 90 % of the oil together (not shown); the page calls α-santalol the main constituent: the trade’s convention, no filed source ranks it"
   },
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    "evidence": null,
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": null,
    "note": "GC-7’s “approximately 90%” is four sesquiterpenols together; GC-8’s figures are two trees’: no share is shown"
   },
   "rank": {
    "value": null,
    "evidence": null,
    "source": null,
    "where": null,
    "confidence": null,
    "note": "the page’s “the main constituent” is the trade’s convention; no filed multi-sample analysis ranks it"
   }
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   "molecule": "beta-santalol",
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    "quote": "Four sesquiterpenols, α-, β-, and epi-β-santalol and α-exo-bergamotol, make up approximately 90% of the oil of Santalum album.",
    "confidence": "B",
    "note": "named with α-santalol as the most important contributors to the fragrance"
   },
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    "confidence": null,
    "note": "GC-7’s “approximately 90%” is four sesquiterpenols together; GC-8’s figures are two trees’: no share is shown"
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  "value": [
   "eu-2023-1545"
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  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2023-1545",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2023-1545-fragrance-allergen-labelling.md:56",
  "quote": "367 Santalum album oil (*4) Santalum Album Oil 8006-87-9/",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": "Lane 20: the Regulation records that apply to it (educational summaries as of 2026-09-30; not compliance advice)"
 },
 "price_band": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "nothing on the site is for sale and raw-material prices are left out until the sourcing phase (DECISIONS_LOG P2-2; claims.csv 391, 392, 2278)"
 },
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  "card": "/materials#naturals",
  "extraction": "/science#extraction",
  "molecule": "/molecule/alpha-santalol"
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 "copy": {
  "lede": "Sandalwood oil comes from the heartwood and roots of mature Santalum album trees; a study of its biosynthesis calls it one of the world’s most highly prized essential oils.",
  "body": [
   "Four sesquiterpene alcohols, α-, β- and epi-β-santalol and α-exo-bergamotol, make up about 90 % of it together; α- and β-santalol are named as the main contributors to its scent. The house calls it creamy and milky: that is our reading, not a source’s."
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