Rheological, thermal, and microstructural data of lemon essential oil structured with fatty gelators

Sergio Cabrera; John Rojas

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106014

Rheological, thermal, and microstructural data of lemon essential oil structured with fatty gelators

Data Brief. 2020 Jul 12:31:106014. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106014. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

Sergio Cabrera¹, John Rojas¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences, University of Antioquia, Street 67 # 53-108, Medellín, Colombia.

Abstract

Traditionally, oil structuring has been conducted merely in vegetable oils. Alternatively, essential oil structuring provides a great opportunity to develop the topical application of these oils without causing allergic contact dermatitis and improving the sensory properties. The thermal, rheological and microstructure data collection of lipidic matrices produced with representative gelators such as carnauba wax, stearic acid, glyceryl monostearate and hydroxyethyl cellulose in lemon essential oil were carried out by DSC, rheology and phase contrast microscopy measurements. This dataset is valuable to researchers interested in characterizing lipidic matrices produced with several gelators, once incorporated in different topical formulations. These data can be used for quality control of topical formulations having several textural features.

Keywords: Citrus lemon essential oil; Crystal structure; Gelators; Lipidic matrices; Rheology.