Pirrolidine
Pirrolidine Pyrrolidine or tetrahydropyrrole, is an organic compound with brute C4H9N molecular formula. It is a cyclic secondary amine consisting
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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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The Gibberellins
The Gibberellins Gibberellins represent a large family of hormones of plant origin and of a diterpenic nature. In nature they
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Citric acid
Citric acid Citric acid, whose name in the IUPAC nomenclature is: 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propantricarboxylic acid and whose brute formula is: C6H8O7 is
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The Piperine
The Piperine Piperine is an alkaloid whose brute formula is: C17H19NO3 and whose IUPAC name is: (E, E) -1- [5-
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Linoleic acid
Linoleic acid The linoleic acid (or allcis-9,12-octadecadienoic acid), to which the chemical formula is C18H32O2 is a 18-carbon diunsaturated carboxylic
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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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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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