Amygdalin
Amygdalin Amygdalin (D (-) – mandelonitrile-β-D-gentiobioside) is the most important of cyanogenic glycosides. This glycoside is present to varying degrees
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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 Carotene
The Carotene The carotene is a terpene provitamin which in nature is contained in carrots and in many plants, giving
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The oleuropein
The oleuropein Oleuropein, which is the main constituent responsible for the bitter taste of olives and olive leaves, is a
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Scopolamine
Scopolamine The scopolamine, also known as ioscina or burundanga (South American term), is a hallucinogenic alkaloid obtained from plants of
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Strychnine
Strychnine Stricnine is an alkaloid with high toxicity and a complex chemical structure in which the nucleus of indole is
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