Plant profiles
Terpene Groups as Strain Characteristics
15 March 2023
Blog
Most popular articles
Popularization
Plant profiles
Popularization
Discoveries
Indian Patchouli : the analysis results
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 :
Discoveries
An Atypical Vetiver
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
Plant profiles
2018 Summer Distillations
8 January 2019
Sylvain Mercier, M. Sc., chimiste At PhytoChemia, we always like to seek around us to find interesting plants to distill. This summer, we performed several distillations of different plants. You will find in this blog post a summary of our 2018 summer distillations along with the general composition of essential oils that we obtained, their
Relevons les défis ensemble
Chaque contrat est également important pour nous. Nous sommes fiers de proposer et de développer des méthodes d'analyse adaptées à vos produits et besoins.
Let’s tackle your challenges together
Every contract is equally important to us. We are proud to develop custom methods of analyses tailored to your innovative products. Nos scientifiques répondront à vos questions