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Record 1 2014-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

While buckwheat honey can range in color from coppery yellow to purple or nearly black, the average jar is dark amber with a reddish tint when held to the light. Compared with lighter-colored varieties, buckwheat honey isn’t as sweet and tastes similar to molasses. The basic composition and nutritional profile of all types of honey are relatively the same, but buckwheat honey has higher concentrations of macronutrients, trace elements and anti-oxidant compounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Au Canada, le sarrasin commun Fagopyrum esculentum est cultivé comme plante fourragère et pour la production de miel de sarrasin.

Spanish

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Record 2 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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Record 3 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Chemistry
OBS

Trademark for a series of polychlorinated polyphenyls liquids, resins, or solids. Properties : water-white mobile liquids and pale yellow viscous oils to light amber resins and opaque crystalline solids. Some types are combustible.

OBS

May be highly toxic by ingestion and inhalation; absorbed by skin. Used as: dielectric liquids; impregnating agents for electrical apparatus, thermostat fluids; swelling agents for transmission seals; additives or base for lubricants, oils and grease; plasticizers for cellulosics, vinyls, and chlorinated rubber.

OBS

Aroclor®: A trademark of Monsanto Company.

Key term(s)
  • Aroclo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Chimie
OBS

Aroclor® : Marque de commerce de la société Monsanto Company.

Key term(s)
  • Aroclo

Spanish

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