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Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances || Citronella Oil [Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle]

โœ Scribed by Barceloux, Donald G.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Year
2008
Weight
117 KB
Category
Article
ISBN
047172761X

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โœฆ Synopsis

At the end of the 19th century, citronella was fi rst used as an insecticide. At the beginning of the 20th century, the isolation of the aldehyde, hydroxycitronellal from citronella oil helped to launch the perfume industry.

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