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TURPENTINE OIL PURE
TURPENTINE OIL PURE
Turpentine oil is applied to the skin for joint pain, muscle pain, nerve pain, and toothaches. People sometimes breathe in (inhale) the vapors of turpentine oil to reduce the chest congestion that goes along with some lung diseases. In foods and beverages, distilled turpentine oil is used as a flavoring.
In foods and beverages, distilled turpentine oil is used as a flavoring ingredient. In manufacturing, turpentine oil is used in soap and cosmetics and also as a paint solvent. It is also added to perfumes, foods, and cleaning agents as a fragrance.
15 mL (about 1 tablespoon) can be lethal in children, and taking 120-180 mL (about a half cup)
This oil is used to some extent in perfumery, in the compounding of artificial pine needle oils, pine fragrances and air fresheners. tsca definition 2008: any of the volatile predominantly terpenic fractions or distillates resulting from the solvent extraction of, gum, collection from, or pulping of softwoods. composed primarily of c10h16 terpene hydrocarbons: alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, limonene, 3-carene, camphene. may contain other acyclic, monocyclic, or bicyclic terpenes, oxygenated terpenes, and anethole. exact composition varies with refining methods and the age, location, and species of the softwood source. the concrete oleoresin obtained from pinus palustris mill. (pinaceae) and other species of pinus. it contains a volatile oil, to which its properties are due, and to which form it is generally used. (dorland, 28th ed) turpentine is used as a solvent and an experimental irritant in biomedical research. turpentine toxicity is of medical interest.