Australian Approved Name (AAN): Lemon oil
Common name/s and synonyms: Citrus limon fruit peel oil ess. cold pressed; Citrus limon L. fresh fruit peel oil
Mandatory component: Oxedrine (when used internally)
Maximum daily dose: 30mg of oxedrine
Warnings and Restrictions: The warning statement:
SENS – Application to skin may increase sensitivity to sunlight (or words to that effect), must be included on the medicine label unless the medicine is:
a) steam distilled or rectified; or
b) for internal use; or
c) contains 0.05% or less of lemon oil; or
d) for use in soaps or bath or shower gels that are washed off the skin.
Allowable purpose of the ingredient: Active. Excipient. Homeopathic
TGA reference: British Pharmacopoeia