Downtime

A 2 week downtime while I await the candy molds,nevertheless I have been keeping busy with some natural product extraction.This is in keeping with books upon books on essential oils and perfumes I've read on the side, not to mention some natural product chem I've done officially as part of my degree.If I have another love besides food chem, nat prod would be it, vacations spent just compiling information on plants traditionally grown and used here .The sad thing is that this knowledge is in the hands of the oldest generation.Getting as much knowledge of traditional plants then applying modern chemistry, is not just about nationalism,it's pretty sustainable chemistry too. It's good to stretch that muscle a bit,and who knows?maybe this will pay off later on:
Cloves(Eugenol Extraction)
Myristicin (nutmeg extract)
Cinnamon Extract
Perfume Tree (Ylang Ylang Extraction)
My General Chemistry(electronics etc. etc.) Work Area(slightly larger than university workbench l.o.l) (Phenol red and Bromothymol blue not food colour l.o.l)



Equipment Hotplate for beakers etc (for further experiments) and an Aspirator (to test dispersal of fragrance)

And of Course my references cuz science without references is truly mad science l.o.l
1.)Phytochem database(a plant chemical(nat prod) reference database)
2.)FAO nutmeg and its derivatives
3.)Ylang ylang wikipedia