ekstrakt borowki kanadyjskiej
English translation: Bilberry Extract
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Canada balsam Explanation: Canada balsam - yellow, oily, resinous exudation obtained from the balsam fir. It is an oleoresin (see resin) with a pleasant odor but a biting taste. It is a turpentine rather than a true balsam. On standing, the essential oil in Canada balsam evaporates, leaving behind the resin as a hard, transparent varnish. Canada balsam is valued as an optical mounting cement, e.g., for lenses and microscope slides, since it yields, when dissolved in an equal volume of xylene, a noncrystallizing cement with a refractive index nearly equal to that of ordinary glass. It is used also in paints and polishes balsam fir - common name for the evergreen tree Abies balsamea of NE North American boreal forests. It has small needles and cones and is used for lumber. It is also called Canada balsam, as is the resin it produces, which is used as an adhesive in optical lenses and glass slides. Balsam fir is classified in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, order Coniferales, family Pinaceae. Reference: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Canadaba.html Reference: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ba/balsamfi.html |
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mountain cranberry extract Explanation: cowberry extract (ale tu mam dziwne opory) http://www.atlas-roslin.pl/skorowidzpl.htm jest ejszcze jedna nazwa, chyba foxberry Czuchajowska, Z. and T. Straczek. 1979. "Seasonal changes of pigments concentration in the leaves of Vaccinium myrtillus [bilberry] and Vaccinium vitis-idaea [mountain cranberry] and the influence of industrial emissions [Air pollution, defense reaction]. Acta. Soc. Bot. Pol. Tow. Bot. Warszawa, Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. 48(4): 551-558. http://www.umaine.edu/umext/cranberries/bib.htm http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entries/78/m... |
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