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Gallmann initiated schemes for essential oils extraction from indigenous plants, to protect African biodiversity. She is a Founder Member and Director of the Laikipia Wildlife Forum, the Ecotourism Society of Kenya, the Laikipia Nature Conservancy Trust and the Association of Private Land Rhino Sanctuaries; and Chairman of the Education committee of the Laikipia Wildlife Forum [...]
Another, more remote use, is for beautifying skin. The following excerpt is taken from the book “Personal Beauty” printed in 1870: :”Gum Benzoin is a fragrant resin which comes to us from the sunny meadows of Sumatra, and is redolent with odors of the Spice Islands, and the mysterious virtues of tropical balms. Its qualities [...]
Very popular in Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria, the plant is used as a herb either for the preparation of tea (more accurately tisane) or for its aromatic properties in local cuisines. Preparation of tea involves boiling the stems, leaves and flowers in a pot of water and serve with honey and [...]
Both carvones are used in the food and flavor industry. ”L”-(-)-Carvone is also used for air freshening products and, like many essential oils, oils containing carvones are used in aromatherapy and alternative medicine. Food applications As the compound most responsible for the flavor of caraway, dill and spearmint, carvone has been used for millennia in [...]
Wondo Genet (also transliterated Wendo Genet) is a resort town in Ethiopia. Located southeast of Shashemene in the Sidama Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region, with a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1723 meters. Wondo Genet is connected to Shashamene by way of Wendo Wosha, by an unimproved road; [...]
”B. dioica” is generally toxic to humans. Application of its juice to the skin produces inflammation with a rash or ulcers, and consumption of this juice causes intense gastrointestinal irritation including nausea and vomiting in small doses, and anxiety, paralysis, or death in larger amounts. For this reason its fruit has been used to treat [...]
Benzoin resin is a common ingredient in incense-making and perfumery because of its vanilla ice-cream aroma and fixative properties. Gum benzoin is a major component of the type of church incense used in Russia and some other Orthodox Christian societies. Benzoin resin is also used in blended types of Japanese incense, Indian incense, Chinese incense, [...]
Because many optically active chemicals are stereoisomers, a polarimeter can be used to identify which isomer is present in a sample – if it rotates polarized light to the left, it is a levo-isomer, and to the right, a dextro-isomer. Chemical industry Many chemicals exhibit a specific rotation as a unique property (like refractive index [...]
Natural herbal form The terms ”cannabis” or ”marijuana” generally refer to the dried flowers and subtending leaves and stems of the female cannabis plant. This is the most widely consumed form, containing 3% to 22% THC. In contrast, cannabis strains used to produce industrial hemp contain less than 1% THC and are thus not valued [...]
Perfume formulations cannot be protected by patents, and with the aid of modern analytic techniques, such as gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), it is relatively easy to analyze their composition, and thus to imitate a fragrance composed only of commercially available perfumery raw materials, such as essential oils and synthetic odorants sold on the market. New [...]
Dee Dee Delkamp of the Optimal Health Center explains the many benefits of using essential oil suppositories and demonstrates how to make them. For more...
DESCRIPTION: Aromatherapy uses essential oils and other aromatic compounds for therapeutic purposes in health, mood and cognitive function. With roots in antiquity, distilled essential oils...
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