Sperm whale extract

Analysis of a sample of melon-headed whale extract and pygmy sperm whale extract revealed an excess in favor of the (—)-S form, the origin of which is still unknown. 

With the beginning of the industrial revolution around 1800, oil became increasingly important for lubrication and better illumination. Expensive vegetable oils were replaced by sperm whale oil [8002-24-2], which soon became scarce and its price skyrocketed. In 1850 lubrication oil was extracted from coal and oil shale (qv) in England, and ultimately about 130 plants in Great Britain and 64 plants in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky employed this process. 

Spermaceti Extracted from head cavities of sperm whales Even numbered esters (C26 C36)... 

Commercial extract mixture, with sperm whale prevailing. 

This product is obtained from meat of various whales (blue, finback, sei, humpback and sperm) in a process similar to that used for beef extract. 

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