| FEMA | N/A |
| CAS | 5/9/00 |
| EINECS | N/A |
| JECFA Food Flavoring | N/A |
| CoE Number | N/A |
| Organoleptic Notes |
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| Odor | balsamic sweet, spicy, balsamic, aromatic, resinous, phenolic, |
| Flavor | spicy spicy, balsamic, resinous, fruity, herbal, |
| Material Notes | Useful in floral balsam blends. benzoin has two meanings in the literature, both of them important and both well established in their own fields: 1) a chemical, 2-hydroxy-1,2-diphenylethanone, is also available 2) this record, a sap of a tree, styrax, which is usp as an adhesive wound dressing. medline plus includes tincture of benzoin in the recommended first aid kit. it contains a bit of benzoic acid (not the chemical benzoin #1). Extractives and their physically modified derivatives. It is a product which may contain resin acids and their esters, terpenes, and oxidation or polymerization products of these terpenes. (Styrax, Styracaceae). (SciFinder) |