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  2. Aloin - Wikipedia

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    Aloin, also known as barbaloin, [1] is a bitter, yellow-brown colored compound noted in the exudate of at least 68 Aloe species at levels from 0.1 to 6.6% of leaf dry weight (making between 3% and 35% of the total exudate), [2] and in another 17 species at indeterminate levels [Reynolds, 1995b].

  3. Eugenol - Wikipedia

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    Eugenol / ˈ j uː dʒ ɪ n ɒ l / is an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol, a member of the allylbenzene class of chemical compounds. [2] It is a colorless to pale yellow, aromatic oily liquid extracted from certain essential oils especially from clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, basil and bay leaf.

  4. Aloe vera - Wikipedia

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    Aloe vera gel is used commercially as an ingredient in yogurts, beverages, and some desserts, [54] but at high or prolonged doses, ingesting aloe latex or whole leaf extract can be toxic. [5] [9] [11] [15] Use of topical aloe vera in small amounts is likely to be safe. [9] [39]

  5. International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients - Wikipedia

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    Rubus idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract: Yucca herbal extract: Yucca schidigera Stem Extract: Aloe vera leaf gel: Aloe barbadensis Leaf Juice: Tea tree oil: Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil: Peppermint leaf oil: Mentha piperita (Peppermint) Oil: Spearmint leaf oil: Mentha viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil: Wintergreen leaf oil: Gaultheria ...

  6. Excessive heavy metals found in many dark chocolate bars ...

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    They found that the chocolate samples ranged from 0 to as high as 3.316 mcg per daily serving. Levels of cadmium, a carcinogen at high levels, ranged from 0.29 to 14.12 mcg, with the limit being 4 ...

  7. List of vegetable oils - Wikipedia

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    There are several types of plant oils, distinguished by the method used to extract the oil from the plant. The relevant part of the plant may be placed under pressure to extract the oil, giving an expressed (or pressed) oil. The oils included in this list are of this type.

  8. Heavy crude oil - Wikipedia

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    Heavy crude oil (or extra heavy crude oil) is highly viscous oil that cannot easily flow from production wells under normal reservoir conditions. [1] It is referred to as "heavy" because its density or specific gravity is higher than that of light crude oil. Heavy crude oil has been defined as any liquid petroleum with an API gravity less than ...

  9. Light crude oil - Wikipedia

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    The clear cut definition of light and heavy crude varies because the classification is based more on practical grounds than theoretical. The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) defines light crude oil for domestic U.S. oil as having an API gravity between 37° API (840 kg/m 3) and 42° API (816 kg/m 3), while it defines light crude oil for non-U.S. oil as being between 32° API (865 kg/m 3 ...