by Hana Tisserand | Feb 9, 2018
https://tisserandinstitute.org/learn-more/limonene/Same plant can yield different essential oils, depending on which part is used for extraction. Neroli, Bitter orange and Petitgrain all come from Citrus x. aurantium. Their composition varies, but their properties are...
by Hana Tisserand | Dec 4, 2017
How do different citrus essential oils compare in their composition and properties?
by Hana Tisserand | Aug 16, 2017
We asked Alexis St-Gelais, one of the founders of Phytochemia, to shed some light on gas chromatography – mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS). He covers the basics, and then examines in detail what GC-MS can… and can’t do. Providing a GC-MS analysis is rapidly...
by Hana Tisserand | Aug 7, 2017
Is Rose otto the most complex of all essential oils? Not really, although it does make it into the top 10. Rose oil (Rose otto) has enjoyed the reputation of being the most complex essential oil known, as it was presumed it has more than 300 compounds. A recent report...
by Hana Tisserand | Mar 14, 2017
Doctors warn against consuming Grapefruit juice if you take certain types of medication, such as statins, which are metabolized by the CYP3A4 enzyme. Grapefruit juice inhibits this enzyme so the liver produces less of it, and this affects the action of those drugs...
by Hana Tisserand | Mar 14, 2017
Are there any carcinogenic essential oils? There are carcinogenic essential oil constituents. These include asarone, estragole (methyl chavicol), safrole and methyleugenol. Both estragole and methyleugenol are found in Basil leaves and they are quite concentrated in...
