The purpose of this lab was to obtain a pure sample of clove oil from ground cloves using steam distillation, perform infrared spectroscopy on the sample, and analyze the IR to identify the major constituent in the clove oil. The first day the clove oil was removed from the ground cloves into an aqueous solution then removed from the water using DCM. The sample was left in a sealed container for one week and then isolated by drying the sample and removing the DCM. After the clove oil was isolated it was analyzed using IR spectroscopy.…
Returning back to clove oil, which is used in this experiment, this oil is extracted from a small evergreen tree called Syzygium aromaticum that is found in Indonesia, Madagascar, and Zanzibar. Clove oil consists of an essential oil which is a volatile mixture of water-insoluble components that releases an odor and other characteristic of the plant. In this experiment we abstracted the major component of clove oil by codistillation with water through steam distillation and dichloromethane extractions. Also, IR spectrometry was used to identify the unknown constituent. An IR spectrum shows the characteristic…
If you like avocado as a fruit, your going to love using it as a health and beauty aid for your skin. Appleton’s Avocado oil contains vitamins and minerals that when used as a moisturizer can regenerate and build stronger skin cells. Skin feeding nutrients such as vitamin E, folate, lutein, and potassium found in avocado oil are absorbed through the skin to help facilitate the growth and health of new cells, while nourishing existing cells. Avocado oil is particularly useful for those with sun damaged skin or cell repair during pregnancy.....…
Essential oils are extracted from plants, trees and fruits and usually have a particular fragrance. Often they have medicinal or soothing effects that are included in homeopathic remedies - tea tree oil for example is extracted from an Australian plant that was originally used by aboriginals for healing purposes. Eucalyptus is often used in decongestants to clear the sinuses, and could be put to use in an aromatherapy candle for someone suffering from a cold or flu.…
Oregano is a traditional herb that is known for its natural immune support. Its oil contains carvacrol, a monoterpene phenol that serves as its primary germ-killing ingredient, and it provides many of the health benefits of the oregano. It also contains thymol, a powerful substance which is also a monoterpene phenol and is a natural fungicide with antiseptic properties. Esters are also strong antifungal agents, and two of these are abundant in oregano oil, namely linalyl acetate and geranyl acetate. Together, these substances make oregano oil a great natural alternative to treat infections. These substances also made the researchers see the potential of oregano oil as a possible…
Do you enjoy cooking with fresh spices and substituting olive oil for butter. If so, then you might want to make some rosemary infused olive oil for yourself to to have for a gift. This type of oil will be great to have with foods like freshly baked bread.…
In this article we will discuss how essential oils for shingles can help you or your loved ones. Within the last month, I have known three people that have come down with the dreadful disease known as shingles. I had much empathy for them, as I was a shingles sufferer myself several years ago. Even though it was a long time ago, I remember the pain like no other, and I remember the pain lasting for a very long time.…
Why are sold even beards oil? Why have it? Beard is well beards or without beards oil? Yes, the beard is a beard without a beard oil - and no, despite the name, can not beard the oil your beard grow faster. So, why should we use it? Is it just a way for some niche business to make money? Sometimes I think so. In any case, some manufacturers.…
Although becoming a traditional and cosmetic tattoo artist is an amazing career there are careers that are somewhat related to it such as retail associate at a cosmetic store, or becoming a Licensed Esthetician. The careers that are related to a traditional and cosmetic tattooist all require the same skill. For example, being a retail associate at Sephora still requires the skill and ability to handle and work with cosmetics. Another career related to traditional and cosmetic tattooist is a Licensed Esthetician.…
Our world is changing; this is because of the rapid growth of our scientific minds. Instant things are created such as instant food, condiments and especially beauty products. Scientist using this knowledge had invented machines that make things easily or for an instant. However, sometimes they don’t know the effect of these machines to our health. Would it help us or even kill us? Different metals and chemicals are the components of these machines that can affect us. Like other products, perfumes are also made of variety of chemicals and made in different machines. Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and chemicals used to give the human body, animals, objects, and living spaces a pleasant scent. The odoriferous compounds that make up a perfume can be manufactured synthetically or extracted from plant or animal sources.…
Essential oils have numerous health benefits and they are used for many purposes. These oils are beneficial for your overall health and well being as well as for household purposes.…
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Fragrance oil can be used to produce scents as it is one of the main ingredients in preparation of scents. According to industry estimates, the size of the total domestic luxury perfume market is around Rs 600-700 crore and is growing at a rate of 20-25 % year-on-year. Wash products including soaps, hand washes and shower gels, currently account for 42 percent of this category, where as shampoo, hair oil and fine fragrances account for 5, 3 and 2 percent of the market respectively. Fragrance oil can also be used for the preparation of incensed candles (Agarbattis) etc.…
about ubiquitous personal care products is perhaps matched only by the total ignorance or misinformation about the chemicals that make these products what they are. From the metallic salts of fatty acids used to make the common bath soaps, to the highend cosmeceuticals that combine the beauty related properties of cosmetics with the functional benefits of pharmaceuticals, chemicals (whether derived from natural or synthetic sources) are an integral part of personal care products. Specialty chemicals are widely used in personal care products as active ingredients in the form of emollients, foaming agents and stabilizers. Their performance characteristics like thickening, foaming, imparting smoothness and conditioning are the key functionalities…
We thought and brainstormed about what we are going to do for our investigatory project. One of us gave the idea to concentrate on a particular topic, which is about soap making but after all the long thinking and brainstorming, we decided to come up with a perfume as a product with the use of rose petals. Perfumes and scented products are composed of toxic chemicals like acetone, toluene, ethyl acetate, formaldehyde and ethanol that are found on any list of toxic and hazardous chemicals. All these and other chemicals used in the manufacture of personal care products have been shown in animal studies to cause serious health problems and even death. That’s why we decided to create a natural perfume that is safe for the environment. So we thought that we must encourage the other people to try home-made perfumes or the all organic perfumes. It is safe and you yourself can be satisfied with the smell of the perfume. And the fragrance of rose can create fresh atmosphere. We would first introduce the beggining of perfumes. People have used perfumes on their bodies for thousands of years in lesser or greater amounts dependant on fashion whims. The early Egyptians used perfumed balms as part of religious ceremonies and later as part of pre love making preparations. Other plants such as rose and peppermint were steeped in oils until a perfumed unguent (unguent is a healing ointment ) formed. The late 19th century was the first real era of perfume as we know it when new scents were created because of advances in organic chemistry knowledge. Perfume is made from about 78% to 95% of specially denatured ethyl alcohol and a remainder of essential oils. We found out that the production technique originated in Persia then spread through Arabia and India, and more recently into…