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The importance of plant identification – Part 3

31 October 2014

Hubert Marceau – Popularization Figure 1: S. lycopersicum (Source) Have you ever heard of Tomtatoes? It is tomato plant, Solanum lycopersicum (Figure 1), graft on a potato plant, Solanum tuberosum. This gives a plant that bear edible roots (tubers to be more precise) and fruits. Why not start using all the rest and make a salad with

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Popularization

The importance of plant identification – Part 1

20 October 2014

Hubert Marceau – Popularization Figure 1: C. sativa (source) October 1st 2014 will surely be a memorable day for a retired man from Georgia, USA. To his suprise, a heavily armed police force assisted by a K9 unit and a helicopter dropped in his garden. The local police department were suspecting the presence of Cannabis sp. (Figure

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Introducing Plants from the Boreal Forest of Quebec – Card # 3 : Coptis trifolia (L.)

29 September 2014

Laurie Caron – Plant card Figure 1 : Plant representation. Latin name: Coptis trifolia (L.) and its former name is Coptis groenlandica (Oeder) Fern. Common Names: Goldthread Greenland, Sabouillane, Sibouillane, Gold-thread.  Small herbaceous perennial with rhizomes slender, wiry and yellow gold (Figure 1). The leaves of this plant are basal, long-stalked, glossy superiorly (Figure 2)1.

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Introducing plants from the boreal forest of Quebec – Card # 2 : Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook

22 September 2014

Laurie Caron – Plant Card Latin name: Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook Common names: Immortal, Immortal silver, Life-everlasting, Anaphale daisy.  Anaphalis margaritacea is a herbaceous, perennial and widespread in the temperate boreal zone1. It is often found in fields and roadsides (Figure 1). You can easily recognize this plant by its long stem (30-100

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Discoveries

Discoveries – Horticulture Indigo: Biodiversity in your flower beds!

17 September 2014

Laurie Caron – Discoveries By chance last week, I made the discovery on the web from a Quebec company that specializes in the sale of native wild plants in Quebec. These Horticulture Indigo. Since 1994, they specialize in the production of native plants of Quebec and have to their credit over 250 species of seeds

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GC Analysis – Part VI. Applied Example of Analysis with Retention Indices

8 September 2014

Alexis St-Gelais – Popularization I wrote some time ago about retention indices in GC-FID and the advantages of using two columns to analyze an essential oil. Since this is a central aspect of the work we do using GC, I wished to detail a real-case analysis, allowing you to better understand our methodology. Throughout the

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GC Analysis – Part V. FID or MS for Essential Oils?

Alexis St-Gelais – Popularization [Minor addenda to the original text were made on March 23, 2019, and are noted in green] An important task of analytical chemistry is to select the detector that best suits the purpose of an analysis. Each detector has indeed its pros and cons. In the area of essential oils, FID and

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GC Analysis – Part IV. Retention Indices

25 August 2014

Alexis St-Gelais – Popularization I mentioned in the first post of this series on GC analyzes that PhytoChemia resorted simultaneously to two capillary columns to analyze essential oils, one polar (Solgel-Wax) and one non-polar (DB-5). The rationale behind this technique will reveal some of the art of interpreting essential oils profiles.  We have seen that

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