Star anise Oil. The ayer of the ‘American qe onsul at Saigon’ ) 
= anise oe The exports of the ten last years oscillated between u a 
ENCES gy ae to the value of 100000 2 a ie 
1914 ag a } 
LOTS ee eA a fee 43 31 690 ee 
1916s Py BOs ae i oi 10 a. 
Storax Oil. 
owing to the war, the interest in American. storax or sweet gum. ‘edge 
styracifluum, L. (Hamamelidacee) has risen. It appears, however. that inadul ter 
products are scarcely to be had, for out of 12 trade samples. investigated by S. Jorda 
not a single one came up to the requirements to be formulated for American: stor 
The adulterants recognized were, among others, rosin, castor oil ee exhausted : 
honeylike mass; the puriied! material is a little more Pecans Old, solidified 
iS ces in some places and used as chicle gum. An aaihenyey ine 
The acid value was 68.7, the Levee value 62.9. 
Turpentine Oil. The analyst often has to examine. oil of ticpentine! as $6: 
presence of: light petroleum and other hydrocarbons of similar bey but at HS 
at once or after a very short teats lodine bch absorbed He more s i 1) 
compounds in the cold, iodine solution is better fit to be used wh a Ai 
turpentine oil, but with a certain reserve, as some sorts. of. laa petroleum n 
“s dienst 4 no1si26 630. — 2) Perfum. Raber 8 (1917),-307- — 8) ahaa OF ae and eng. 
“Americ. Journ: Pharm. 89 (1917), 581. — oe Chem. Zt. 41 OO), ee 
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