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  2. Canarium luzonicum - Wikipedia

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    Elemi (Canarium luzonicum) essential oil in clear glass vial Elemicin is named after Canarium luzonicum, one of the vernacular names of which is elemi. Elemi resin is a pale yellow substance, of honey-like consistency. Aromatic elemi oil is steam distilled from the resin. It is a fragrant resin with a sharp pine and lemon-like scent.

  3. List of essential oils - Wikipedia

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    Elemi oil, used as a perfume and fragrance ingredient. Comes from the oleoresins of Canarium luzonicum and Canarium ovatum which are common in the Philippines. Eucalyptus oil, historically used as a germicide. Fennel seed oil; Fenugreek oil, used for cosmetics from ancient times. Fir oil [which?] Frankincense oil, used in aromatherapy and in ...

  4. Elemicin - Wikipedia

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    Elemicin is a constituent of the oleoresin and the essential oil of Canarium luzonicum (also referred to as elemi). Elemicin is named after this tree. One study found it to compose 2.4% of the fresh essential oil. [1]

  5. Inkstick - Wikipedia

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    Blueish ink (青墨) is oil or pine soot that has been mixed with other ingredients to produce a subtle blueish-black ink. Mainly used for calligraphy. Coloured ink is oil soot ink that has been blended with pigments to create a solid ink of color. Most popular is cinnabar ink, which was reportedly used by Chinese emperors.

  6. Ink - Wikipedia

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    Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill. Thicker inks, in paste form, are used extensively in letterpress and lithographic printing. Ink can be a complex medium, composed of solvents, pigments, dyes, resins, lubricants, solubilizers, surfactants, particulate matter, fluorescents, and other materials. The ...

  7. Resin - Wikipedia

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    The hard transparent resins, such as the copals, dammars, mastic, and sandarac, are principally used for varnishes and adhesives, while the softer odoriferous oleo-resins (frankincense, elemi, turpentine, copaiba), and gum resins containing essential oils (ammoniacum, asafoetida, gamboge, myrrh, and scammony) are more used for therapeutic ...

  8. Erythrosine - Wikipedia

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    It is used as a food coloring, [11] printing ink, [12] biological stain, [13] dental plaque disclosing agent, [14] radiopaque medium, [13] sensitizer for orthochromatic photographic films, and visible light photoredox catalyst. [15] Erythrosine is commonly used in sweets, such as some candies, ice pops and cherries, and in cake-decorating gels ...

  9. Dammar gum - Wikipedia

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    Dammar resin. Dammar, also called dammar gum, or damar gum, is a resin obtained from the tree family Dipterocarpaceae in India and Southeast Asia, principally those of the genera Shorea or Hopea (synonym Balanocarpus).