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Jan 19, 2007 09:04
17 yrs ago
Italian term

alcool saponato

Italian to English Medical Medical: Health Care
Appears in a list of products manufactured at a certain site, there's no other context. From internet research it seems to be a mixture of olive oil, potassium hydroxide and alcohol, but obvious translations such as "saponified alcohol/ethanol", "saponated alcohol", "alcohol soap" and the like don't look convincing (and of course you don't saponify alcohols anyway!)


The only site I've found giving an English translation of Italian terms actually left this one in the Italian. Can anyone come up with a suitable translation?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 saponified alcohol

Discussion

liz askew Jan 23, 2007:
Fair enough - at least you've stated your case.
Marie-Hélène Hayles (asker) Jan 23, 2007:
Thanks for your suggestion, Liz Unfortunately I can't accept this answer. In the end I added a note to the client expressing my doubts.

Proposed translations

+4
47 mins

saponified alcohol

Well, here are my findings:

http://www.giofil.it/offline/SOSLLUTT.HTM

ALCOOL SAPONATO (OILIO DI OLIVA POTASSIO IDRO

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY Botanical Medicine Monographs and Sundry
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A quantity of the oil was saponified by. potassium hydrate; the solution precipitated ... makes very good ointment, simply with the addition of olive oil. ...
www.swsbm.com/AJP/AJP_1884_No_1.pdf - Similar pages

Dreadworx.co.uk :- The Dreadlock Superstore
Purified water, Saponified Olive Oil, Saponified Hemp Seed Oil (certified organic) ... Cetyl Alcohol (vegetable derived conditioning agent), Butylene Glycol ...
www.dreadworx.co.uk/ingredientslist.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
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CCIX. STUDIES ON CAROTENOIDS'.
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Cryptoxanthin. The zone containing cryptoxanthin was eluted with light. petroleum. containing 1. %. of methyl alcohol and saponified a second time with ...
www.biochemj.org/bj/029/1779/0291779.pdf - Similar pages
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The antigenic properties of different fractions of staphylococcus
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per cent. of the dried weight, whereas the saponified alcohol. extracted powder gives only about 0-5 per cent. of lipoid material, and ...
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/path.1700350502 - Similar pages




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Note added at 50 mins (2007-01-19 09:55:38 GMT)
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p.s. could you put "saponified alcohol (olive oil + potassium hydate) - p.s. I know very little chemistry! Hope this helps somehow.
Peer comment(s):

agree achisholm : Tke KOH would saponify the olive oil, so it does make sense.
22 mins
Thank you.
agree Vladimir Micic
2 hrs
agree Yvonne Becker
3 hrs
agree Pnina
1 day 1 hr
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