Vitamins
Vitamins By the term vitamin (which comes from the Latin vita «life» and amine «amina», properly «amine of life; amine
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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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Zeaxanthin
Zeaxanthin Zeaxanthin whose term in the official IUPAC nomenclature is: 4- [18- (4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexyl) -3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-octadeca-1,3, 5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl] -3,5,5-trimethyl-cyclohe-3-en-1-ol is a carotenoid pigment
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Barbituric acid
Barbituric acid Barbituric acid, whose term in the official IUPAC nomenclature is: 1H, 3H, 5H-pyrimidin-2,4,6-trion, and whose alternative name is:
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Acetrizoid acid
Acetrizoid acid The acetrizoid acid whose term in the official IUPAC nomenclature is: 3-acetylamino-2,4,6-triiodrobenzoic acid and whose brute or molecular
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Phaseolamin
Phaseolamine Phaseolamine is a glycoprotein present in bean pods (Phaseolus vulgaris L. 1758). For the assumption of phaseolamine, it should
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Furanocoumarins
Furanocoumarins The furanocoumarins are substances whose chemical structure consists of a furan ring fused with a coumarin. In furanocumarines, the
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