Indian balsam

Balsam Peru. Peruvian balsam Indian balsam China oil Black balsam Honduras balsam Surinam balsam. From Toluifera pereirae (Klotzsch) Bail]. (Myroxylon perei-rae Klotzsch), Leguminosae. Habit. Central America (San Salvador) in forests near Pacific coast. Constit 50-60% cinnamein —esters of cinnamic and benzoic acid about 28% resin, styracine, vanillin Ref Bergemann, Pharmazie 5, 494 (1950) Cortesi, Bull Soc. Pharm. Bordeaux 89, 141 (1951). C.A. 46, 1718b (1952). 

Syn Leptotaenia multifida Nutt. Ferula multifida (Nutt.) A. Gray Indian balsam... 

Synonyms Balsam Peru Balsams, Myroxylon pereirae Black balsam China oil Indian balsam... 

Its suave odor makes Peru balsam oil a very versatile perfume material that can be incorporated in almost any type of perfume base. Consists of esters of cinnamic and benzoic acid, vanillin, styracin (Indian balsam, China oil. Black balsam, Honduras balsam, Surinam balsam)... 

Synonyms Balsam of Peru Balsamum peruvianim Black balsam China oil Honduras balsam Indian balsam Peruvian balsam Surinam balsam Peru Balsams Balsam Peru oil Oil Balsam Peru Peru balsam Myroxylon pereirae klotzsch resin Myrosperum pereira balsam Toluifera pereira balsam Peru balsam oil Myroxylon pereirae klotzsch oil... 

Common/vernacular names Balsam of Peru, balsam-of-Peru tree, black balsam, Indian balsam, Peru balsam, and Peruvian balsam. 

Amyris Oil. Obtained by steam distillation of the wood of y m hakamijera L., the so-called West Indian sandalwood which is indigenous to northern South America, Central America, and the West Indies, amyris oil [8015-65-4] is a pale yellow to brownish yellow viscous oil with a slightly oily-sweet and occasionally peppery balsamic woody note. It finds use as a blender and fixative for soap fragrances. The volatile constituents, which are primarily hydrocarbon and oxygenated sesquiterpenes, are shown in Table 22 and Figure 5 (63). 

Turpentine Oil. The world s largest-volume essential oil, turpentine [8006-64-2] is produced ia many parts of the world. Various species of piaes and balsamiferous woods are used, and several different methods are appHed to obtain the oils. Types of turpentines include dry-distiUed wood turpentine from dry distillation of the chopped woods and roots of pines steam-distilled wood turpentine which is steam-distilled from pine wood or from solvent extracts of the wood and sulfate turpentine, which is a by-product of the production of sulfate ceUulose. From a perfumery standpoint, steam-distilled wood turpentine is the only important turpentine oil. It is rectified to yield pine oil, yellow or white as well as wood spirits of turpentine. Steam-distilled turpentine oil is a water-white mobile Hquid with a refreshing warm-balsamic odor. American turpentine oil contains 25—35% P-pinene (22) and about 50% a-pinene (44). European and East Indian turpentines are rich in a-pinene (44) withHtfle P-pinene (22), and thus are exceUent raw materials... 

Indisch, a. (East) Indian. — indischer Balsam, balsam of Peru. — indische Bohne, St.-Ignatius s-bean. — indische Feige, prickly pear. — indischer Flachs, jute. — indisches GrasSl, palmarosa oil. —- indisches Rohr, rattan. — indischer Safran, turmeric. 

Balsam of copaiba, nine ounces lamp-black, three ounces Indigo and Prussian blue, ground together in equal proportions, one and a quarter ounce Indian red, throe-fburths of au ounce thy, yellow turpentine soap, three ounces r this mixture Is to be ground, by means of a slab and mullor, to an impalpable smoothness, It is stated that this iuk possesses a beautiful color, but appears to work foul. 

Alma R. Hutchens Indian Herbalogy of North America cites herbs that, according to medical folklore, are said to act against hydrophobia or rabies, some of which are in common with Heinerman s listing. In addition to rue, there is mention of balsam fir, beech tree, echinacea, henbane, Jimsonweed, rue, skullcap, St. John s wort, and tansy. Jimsonweed and henbane contain the alkaloid hyoscyamine, as do some other members of the family Solanaceae, or nightshade family. The family Solanaceae, incidentally, is well represented in HartweU (1982b). 

Balsam Glirjun. Wood oil East Indian Copaiba . 

Polymers are classified as either natural that resulted from natural biosynthesis, or synthetic. The natural (polysaccharides, proteins, nucleic acids, natural rubbers, cellulose, lignin, etc.) have been used for tens of thousands of years. In Egypt the musical string instruments, papyrus for writing, and styrene [in a tree balsam] for embalming were used 3,000 BC. For millennia shellac has been used in Indian turnery [Chattopadhyaya, 1986]. The natural rubber was used by Olmecs at least 3000 years ago [Stuart, 1993]. 

The d-sesquiterpene of West Indian sandalwood oil and of African copaiba balsam oil. 

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