The Bromelain
The Bromelain Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme isolated from pineapple and similar to papain. However, the term Bromelina refers to
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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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Camphor
Camphor Camphor (or D – (+) – camphor), has a brute chemical formula: C10H16O and is a cyclic ketone, derived
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The Berberine
The Berberine Berberine is a quaternary ammonium salt of the group of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids whose brute formula is: C20H18NO4 +.
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The Noscapine
The Noscapine Noscapine ((3S) – 6,7-Dimethoxy-3 – [(5R) -5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3-dioxol (4,5-g) isokinolin-5-yl] – 1 (3H) -isobenzofuranone), whose brute chemical formula is:
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The Quinine
The Quinine Quinine is an alkaloid of natural origin having antipyretic, antimalarial and analgesic properties; the brute chemical formula of
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Cynarin
Cynarin Cynarin is a polyphenol derived from caffeic acid, present in the artichoke. Its brute chemical formula is: C25H24O12. From
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Papaverine
Papaverine Papaverine is an alkaloid used in the treatment of visceral spasms, vasospasm (especially those involving the heart and brain)
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Mescaline
Mescaline Mescaline is a psychedelic alkaloid mainly contained in Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) which is a succulent plant of the Cactaceae
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Oleic Acid
Oleic Acid Oleic acid (cis-9-octadecenoic acid) is a monounsaturated carboxylic acid composed of 18 carbon atoms of the omega-9 series.
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Ascorbic acid
Ascorbic acid Ascorbic acid, which in nature is L-ascorbic acid, better known as vitamin C, is an organic molecule with
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