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
Plant profiles
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
Popularization
20 November 2018
Alexis St-Gelais, M. Sc., chimiste – Popularization Agarwood: one of the most prized, rare, and exotic essential oils. We have discussed on these pages earlier the most common problem encountered with this material on the market, that is, serial dilutions with carriers. But what is to be expected into agarwood oil itself? There have been
Popularization
17 May 2018
Sarah-Eve Tremblay, M. Sc. A., chimiste This week, we would like to talk about a very aromatic plant with a characteristic smell: dill (Anethum graveolens). This fragrant plant resembles the fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), and both plants present a strong scent. The two species are part of the Apiaceae family. Dill can reach a height of
Popularization
16 January 2018
Sarah-Eve Tremblay, M. Sc. A., chimiste Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) is part of the Zingiberaceae family, just like ginger, curcuma and plai. It is a perennial shrub that can reach a height of 2,5 meters with thick lateral roots on which the seeds grow. The cardamom seeds are harvested from a pod, from which they are