In one of those strange serendipitous moments that can happen with Google Alerts, I visited an article entitled “Tick and Mosquito Repellent Can Be Made Commercially from Pine Oil” which describes “a naturally-occurring compound prepared from pine oil” that deters…
Entries Tagged 'Essential Oils/Plant Extractions' ↓
Pine Oil Tick and Mosquito Repellent
June 29th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Research, Safety/Toxicity, Standards from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Struggles of Honest Aromatic Crops Businessmen in Afghanistan
June 5th, 2008 — , Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Human Rights, Oil Crops, Trade Issues, perfumery from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
Yesterday’s ‘Morning Edition’ on NPR featured an heroic effort in the hills of Afghanistan by Shafiq Azizi and his business partners to grow and extract roses and other aromatics as an alternative for the poppy growers who trade in the…
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New Study Confirms psychoactive effect of [Frank]incense
June 4th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Research, aromatherapy, incense from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
A new study published in the The FASEB Journal, a journal of experimental biology “found that incensole acetate, a Boswellia resin constituent, when tested in mice lowers anxiety and causes antidepressive-like behavior.” The press release goes on to cite this…
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Book Review: Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
May 18th, 2008 — , Book/Movie Reviews, Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Oil Crops, Regulatory Issues from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Medicinal and Aromatic Crops: Harvesting, Drying and Processing Edited by Serdar Oztekin and Milan Martinov. Haworth Press: New York. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56022-975-9. This book was published in 2007, but we recently obtained a copy for our library and realized that…
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Furanocoumarins in Cosmetics: What’s all the Fuss About?
April 28th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, aromatherapy, perfumery from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
Copyright © Tony Burfield April 2008 Preamble The EU Cosmetics Commission, well known for setting the pace worldwide for (over-)-precautionary cosmetics legislation, is seemingly determined to limit furanocoumarins (FC’s) in retailed fragranced products to minutely low levels. This is because…
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Botany Photo of the Day: Laurus nobilis
March 31st, 2008 — , Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Notes and News from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Laurus nobilis is the featured species at Botany Photo of the Day with information provided by Connor Fitzpatrick from the Global Facilitation Unit for underutilized species. They are doing a series on underutilized plants. Another species featured in this series…
The kind of aromatherapy article we don’t need
March 25th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Safety/Toxicity, Weblogs, aromatherapy from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
An article about aromatherapy and essential oils has been published on Mike Adams Natural News web site. Entitled Raise Your Immunity Frequency With Essential Oils to Beat the Common Cold, the article appears to have been cobbled together from old…
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