Limonic acid

N.A. Lonicera caerulea L. L. caprifolium L. Sorbitol, inositol, limonic acid, malic acid, citric acid, tannins, salicylic acid.102 Hypotensive, sedative, antipyretic. 

One thing that everyone will agree on is that it s almost impossible to describe the taste. Mixed with Bacardi Limon in a Red Lemon, Red Bull tastes like an energy Chartreuse herbal and sweet, with acidity and slight carbonation. Or, a cough drop from hell. 

Lemon Oil, Coldpressed, occurs as a pale to deep yellow or green-yellow liquid with the characteristic odor and taste of the outer part of fresh lemon peel. It is the volatile oil obtained by expression, without the aid of heat, from the fresh peel of the fruit of Citrus limon L. Burmann filius (Fam. Rutaceae) with or without the previous separation of the pulp and the peel. It is miscible with dehydrated alcohol and with glacial acetic acid. It may contain a suitable antioxidant. 

Citric acid domestica (Rosaceae) Universal Citrus limon (lemon) (Rutaceae) OD-R (curry)... 

Definition Volatile oil expressed from the fresh peel of fruit of Citrus limon, contg. limonene, terpinene, phellandrene, pinene Properties Pale yel. to greenish-yel. liq., lemon peel odor and taste misc. with dehydrated alcohol, CS2, glac. acetic acid si. sol. in water dens. 0.849-0.855 (25/25 C) ref. index 1.4742-1.4755 (20 C)... 

Synthesis with addition of 1 G-atom—stereospecific s. 16, 750 in oleum, succinic acid s. L. Weintraub, J. F. Vitcha, and R. Limon, Ghem. Ind. 1965, 185... 

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