Activities and Events
22 February 2021
Benoit Roger, Ph. D. & Alexis St-Gelais, M. Sc., Chimis. Translation : Ria Mayriana Vetiver(Vetiveria zizanioides, syn. Chrysopogon zizanioides) adalah salah satu minyak esensial yang paling sering kami terima untuk analisis. Ini juga salah satu minyak yang paling kompleks untuk dianalisis karena mengandung hampir hanya seskuiterpenoid di antaranya banyak senyawa yang tidak diketahui dengan pemisahan
Activities and Events
28 October 2020
Benoit Roger, Ph. D. & Alexis St-Gelais, M. Sc., Chimis. Tradiksyon é adaptasyon: Corine et Patrik Lormel. Luil ésansiyèl a vétivè (Vetiveria zizanioides, syn. Chrysopogon zizanioides) sé on luil kè nou ka rousouvwè onlo, plis kè sé lézòt la. An plis dè sa sé pi rèd la kè nou ni pou analizé. Déja pou
Discoveries
21 January 2020
In the past few days, we have distilled by Clevenger leaves of Pogostemon Heyneanus (Indian patchouli). To give you a brief summary, here is the experiment in few figures: Leaves mass : 318 g. We have used frozen leaves, and have grinded them with a mortar. Distillation duration : 4 hours. Essential oil obtained :
Activities and Events
6 January 2020
Corine Lormel, Ph.D. In the past month, several pictures of chemistry Christmas trees also named chemistrees probably blossomed in your news feeds. As some of us in the laboratory, you assume this phenomenon is recent and the pioneers are very passionate about chemistry. Of course, a bunch of enthusiasts is necessary but those who have
Discoveries
25 February 2019
Benoit Roger, Ph. D. & Alexis St-Gelais, M. Sc., Chemist Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides, syn. Chrysopogon zizanioides) is one of the essential oils we receive the most often for analysis. This is also one of the most complex oil to analyse as it contains almost only sesquiterpenoids among which a lot of unknown compounds with poor
Discoveries
17 May 2017
Laurie Caron, Chimist, M.Sc. In february 2016, PhytoChemia has participed of Lab Wars’s kickstarter and became a sponsor of the game. We found that it was a great idea for promoting science and showing to the public that GC-MS, centrifuges, scientific publication and Nobel price could be very cool ! Our donation