Gamboge
Gamboge Gamboge or gutta gum is a gum resin extracted from some tropical plants of the genus Garcinia and in
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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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Gambogic acid
Gambogic acid Gambogic acid, whose term in the IUPAC official nomenclature is: (Z) -4 – ((1S, 3AR, 5S, 11R, 14aS)
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Betalaines
Betalaines Betalaines are substances belonging to the class of natural red and yellow pigments. Betalaines have the particularity of being
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Pteroil-heptaglutamic acid
Pteroil-heptaglutamic acid Pteroil-heptaglutamic acid, known as Vitamin B11 or Vitamin S, is a water-soluble vitamin that intervenes in cellular metabolism.
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4-aminobenzoic acid
4-aminobenzoic acid The 4-aminobenzoic acid, also known as Vitamin B10 or Vitamin R and with the alternative terms of p-aminobenzoic
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Cantharidin
Cantharidin Cantharidin, whose brute or molecular formula is: C10H12O4, is an active ingredient contained in Lytta vesicatoria which is a
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