by Hana Tisserand | Mar 8, 2017
CO2 extracts – what are they and why are they useful? These extracts are made by passing carbon dioxide through aromatic plant material. The CO2 is in a “supercritical” state, meaning it has the properties of both a liquid and a gas. This is because...
by Hana Tisserand | Mar 8, 2017
To attract females, the males of Pieris napi, commonly known as Green-veined White, produce a pheromone cocktail that is reminiscent of fresh lemons. The butterfly perfume contains apha-pinene, beta-pinene, myrcene, limonene, linalool, p-cymene and citral – all...
by Hana Tisserand | Mar 8, 2017
Q&A Essential Oil Safety edition Question (by Helen Bairstow): I’d like to know if tea tree starts to oxidize is it still safe? And how can you tell? Answer: The more that Tea Tree oil (TTO) oxidizes, the less safe it is in terms of adverse skin reactions....
by Robert Tisserand | Feb 3, 2017
Did you know that many essential oil constituents are also found in fruits, vegetables and other foods? This simple fact shows us that our bodies are used to processing them in very small amounts. In the fifth of this series we focus on methyl salicylate, a...
by Robert Tisserand | Jan 27, 2017
Did you know that many essential oil constituents are also found in fruits, vegetables and other foods? This simple fact shows us that our bodies are used to processing them in very small amounts. Our fourth constituent in this series is eugenol, a major constituent...
by Tisserand Institute | Jan 20, 2017
Did you know that citrus juices and citrus essential oils contain very similar volatile compounds? But in citrus juices, they are already dissolved in “water”, similarly to volatile compounds in hydrosols. Drinking Lemon essential oil in water has been...
