QUASSIA WOOD FLUID EXTRACT

QUASSIA WOOD FLUID EXTRACT Property

FEMA 

2971 | QUASSIA EXTRACT (PICRASMA EXCELSA (SW.) PLANCH.-QUASSIA AMARA L.)

EPA Substance Registry System

Quassia extract (68915-32-2)

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Danger

Hazard statements

H225Highly Flammable liquid and vapour

Precautionary statements

P210Keep away from heat/sparks/open flames/hot surfaces. — No smoking.

P233Keep container tightly closed.

P240Ground/bond container and receiving equipment.

P241Use explosion-proof electrical/ventilating/lighting/…/equipment.

P242Use only non-sparking tools.

P243Take precautionary measures against static discharge.

P280Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

P303+P361+P353IF ON SKIN (or hair): Remove/Take off Immediately all contaminated clothing. Rinse SKIN with water/shower.

P370+P378In case of fire: Use … for extinction.

P403+P235Store in a well-ventilated place. Keep cool.

P501Dispose of contents/container to..…

QUASSIA WOOD FLUID EXTRACT Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

Pale yellow powder with extremely bitter taste. One of the bitter components is Quassin (C2H28O6), which can form flaky crystals in dilute methanol solution, with a melting point of 222 ℃, and a bitterness threshold of 1:60,000. The bitterness of the commercially available product is about 60 times that of quinine. Jamaica and other production of "Jamaica bitter tree" (Picrasma excelsa) Brazil and other production of bitter wood (Quassia amara) and Colombia, Panama, the West Indies produced by the bitter wood family (Simaroubaceae) plant bark and so on are contained.

Definition

Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Quassia, Simaroubaceae.

Composition

The extract contains complex terpenoid compounds called quassinoids.