of the Storax trees. Mnesimachus, Aristotle, Theophrastus (Historia Plantarum), Herodotus, and Strabo also mention the storax tree and its balsam. In ancient...
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Sarcocolla Storax balsam Turpentine Venice turpentine (Larch turpentine) (Larix occidentalis) Wallaba balsam (Eperua spp.) Some balsams, such as Balsam of Peru...
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obtained from the tree is called benzoin or storax (not to be confused with the Liquidambar storax balsam), often used as a vanilla-like component in...
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or styron is an organic compound that is found in esterified form in storax, Balsam of Peru, and cinnamon leaves. It forms a white crystalline solid when...
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Stacte (section Balsam of Tolu and Balsam of Peru)
but not solid. The principle balsams used in modern perfumery are Balsam of Peru, Balsam of Tolu, Balsam of Copaiba, Storax and Balm of Gilead [opobalsamum]...
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increasing to around 35 million tonnes by 2018. Styrene is named after storax balsam (often commercially sold as styrax), the resin of Liquidambar trees...
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Tincture of benzoin (redirect from Friar's Balsam)
called Friar's Balsam or Compound Benzoin Tincture contains, in addition, Cape aloes or Barbados aloes and storax resin. Friar's balsam was invented by...
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Hidden Secrets (London, 1586): Benzoin resin, calamite, labdanum, and storax balsam were ground into a powder, dissolved in rose water and put into a pan...
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Balm of Gilead (redirect from Balsam of Mecca)
actual source was a terebinth tree in the genus Pistacia. In the Bible, balsam is designated by various names: בֹּשֶׂם (bosem), בֶּשֶׂם (besem), צֳרִי...
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Fixatives can be resinoids (e.g. benzoin, labdanum, myrrh, olibanum, storax, tolu balsam), terpenoids (e.g. ambroxide), polycyclic ketones (e.g. civetone...
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