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~ Natural to Nurturing ~
reflections from rose cottage

Tincture Time

29/1/2020

 
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Just the aerial parts now they're all done.  A remarkably 'medicinal' fragrance, almost like an antiseptic when I was cutting them up.  The main volatiles in the flower heads seem to be β-myrcene, α-pinene, limonene, camphene, β-pinene; all of which have anti-microbial activity and there is also camphene, and terpinene, the more 'antiseptic' smell, I suspect.
Echinacea also contains dimethyl sulphide, which smells like cabbages, but I couldn't detect that.
In my high alcohol, cold extraction, should get all the higher active volatiles, and hopefully less DMS.
1. Volatile Components of Roots, Stems, Leaves, and Flowers of Echinacea Species
G. Mazza* and and T. Cottrell, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 1999 47 (8), 3081-3085

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