Mannitol
Mannitol Mannitol, whose name in the IUPAC nomenclature is: (2R, 3R, 4R, 5R) esan 1,2,3,4,5,6 esol, has the brute or
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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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Xanthophyll
Xanthophyll Xanthophyll is a yellow pigment, very common in plants, found especially in chloroplasts, and is therefore particularly abundant in
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Pseudoaconitin
Pseudoaconitin The pseudoaconitin or nepaline, whose brute or molecular formula is C36H51NO12 is a diterpenoid alkaloid (pseudoalkaloide as it is
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Turpentine
Turpentine Turpentine is an oily, fluid, clear, and volatile vegetable resin. The term turpentine derives from the Greek terebinthos, terebinto
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The Aconitine
The Aconitine Aconitine is a diterpenoid alkaloid (pseudoalkaloid since it is not derived from amino acids) with brute or molecular
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The Atropine
The Atropine Atropine or hyoscyamine is a tropan-alkaloid present in several plants of the Solanaceae family such as Atropa belladonna,
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Myristicin
Myristicin Myristicin, whose brute or molecular formula is C11H12O3, whose name in the IUPAC nomenclature is 4-Methoxy-6-prop-2-enyl-benzo [1,3] dioxole, is
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Palmitic acid
Palmitic acid Palmitic acid, which according to the IUPAC nomenclature takes the name of hexadecanoic acid, is one of the
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