A volatile base distilled from bone oil, later identified with picoline.

A glyceryl ester of oleic acid; spec. glyceryl trioleate, C3H5(C18H33O2)3, a colourless oily liquid which is a very common natural fat (also called…

A glyceride of palmitic acid; spec. = tripalmitin, n.

= myristin, n. Obsolete.

‘The neutral oxygenated constituent of valerian-oil’ (Watts).

‘A brown substance obtained by Unverdorben from the animal oil of Dippel after exposure to the air’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1885).

A colourless, liquid, bicyclic, aromatic ether, C10H10O2, which occurs in a number of essential oils, esp. oil of sassafras of which it is the…

A terpene (probably limonene) found in the fruits and essential oil of dill.

the methyl ester of salicylic acid, C6H4(OH)COOCH3, a colourless to pale-yellow liquid that is the chief constituent of oil of wintergreen and is…

A liquid body present in oil of sage.

an aromatic liquid that occurs in ylang-ylang and other essential oils, is produced commercially from eugenol, and has been used in the…

A volatile compound, C10H18O, occurring in oil of cajeput, various eucalyptus oils, and other oils.

a fragrant liquid terpenoid aldehyde found in many plant oils including those of citronella, lemongrass, and Kaffir lime.

A colourless liquid, C10H18O, obtained esp. from oil of coriander and oil of linaloe.

the essential oil of tansy.

A globulin found in arachis oil, groundnuts, etc.

A terpene peroxide, C10H16O2, the active principle of chenopodium oil, used in the treatment of hook-worm disease.

A crystalline tetracyclic alcohol, C20H28O6, present (in the form of strongly co-carcinogenic esters) in croton oil; (also) any of these esters…