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cascarilla oil [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
  • Biochemistry
  • Pharmacology
DEF

A volatile oil obtained by steam distillation of the dried bark of Croton Eleuteria Bennett.

OBS

Cascarilla oil: light yellow to brown amber colour, pleasant spicy odor, soluble in most fixed oils, and in mineral oil, practically insoluble in glycerol and propylene glycol, used as flavoring agent in foods, medicine, tobacco.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Biochimie
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Huile essentielle de l'écorce de Croton eluteria Bennett; [...] contient de l'eugénol, cymène, vanillal, acide cascarillique.

CONT

cascarille (écorce de) [...] Usages. Thérapeutique (tonique amer, fébrifuge, excitant) sous forme d'extrait de cascarille ou en fumigations; préparation de poudres dentifrices, de liqueurs, de tabacs.

Key term(s)
  • essence de cascarille

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Bioquímica
  • Farmacología
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