Furfurol
Furfurol Furfurol, also known as furilic aldehyde, furfural or 2-furancarboxydehyde, is a heterocyclic compound with a molecular brute formula: C5H4O2.
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Active principles
Section dedicated to technical data sheets on natural active ingredients produced by plants or fungi and of various uses in food, pharmaceuticals and chemistry. Among these substances some have legislative restrictions, also depending on the country where they can be used. The most important thing that emerges from the study of these is that Nature is our largest laboratory, able to offer us all the necessary solutions.
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Inositol
Inositol Inositol, whose name in the IUPAC nomenclature is: cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-cyclohexanesol and whose brute or molecular formula is: C6H12O6, is a
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Citronellol
Citronellol Citronellol is an acyclic monoterpenoid, also known as dihydrogeraniol and whose brute or molecular formula is: C10H20O. Both enantiomers
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Salicin
Salicin Salicin, whose name IUPAC is: (2R, 3S, 4S, 5R, 6S) -2- (Hydroxymethyl) -6- [2- (hydroxymethyl) phenoxy] oxane-3 and whose
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Niacin
Niacin The term niacin means two similar molecules: nicotinic acid (niacin proper) and the amide of the latter, nicotinamide (or
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Ricin
Ricin Ricin is a toxic protein found in the seeds of the Ricinus communis plant. It is one of the
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Phenylalanine
Phenylalanine Phenylalanine is an amino acid whose brute or molecular formula is: C9H11NO2 and whose name in the IUPAC nomenclature
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Gallic acid
Gallic acid Gallic acid or, according to the IUPAC nomenclature, 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, whose brute or molecular formula is: C7H6O5, is
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Arginine
Arginine Arginine is a basic polar amino acid whose term in the IUPAC nomenclature is: 2 (S) -amino-5-guanidylpentanoic acid and
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Aspartic acid
Aspartic acid Aspartic acid, whose brute or molecular formula is C4H7NO4 is a non-essential amino acid, whose side chain is
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