Study Set Content:
constituent:
volatile oil, resin, tannin
uses:
flavor (chewing gum), carminative. stimulant. & counterirritant
DRUG SOURCES:
• cardamon oil
• corander oil
• rose oil
• orange flower
• juniper oil
• pine oil
• peppermint oil
ALDEHYDE VOLATILE OILS
• acyclic aldehyde
• cyclic or aromatic
ex: citral (mixture of geranial, neral & citronellal)
acyclic aldehyde
includes cinnamaldehyde and vanilin (vanilla, benzoin, tolu, Peru balsams)
cyclic or aromatic
DRUG SOURCES:
• cinnamon
• cinnamon oil
• orange oil
• lemon pec lemon oil
• hamamelis water
• citronella oil
CINNAMON or Saigon cinnamon is the dried bark of
Cinnamomum loureirii
CINNAMON fam
Lauraceae
constituents:
volatile oils, mannitol, tannin
uses:
flavor and carminative
LEMON PEEL
the outer yellow rind of the fruit of,
Citrus limon,
Fam.
Rutaceae
constituents
volatile oil hesperidin, bitter principle, calcium oxalate
uses:
flavor, stimulant, stomachic
the volatile oil obtained by expression, without the aid of heat, from the fresh peel of the fruit of C. limon, with or without the previous separation of the pulp and the peel.
Lemon oil
constituents:
90% terpenes chiefly limonene; monoterpene hydrocarbons: beta pinene and alpha terpinene; citral
use:
flavor, stimulant, carminative, stomachie
he most important contributors to lemon oil flavor.
neral and geranial (citral)
the primary esters in lemon
neryl and geranyl acetates
