Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 rastapoodle wrote: >I used to have a great site bookmarked, but I can't find it now. I was >a chart with the common and botanical names of essential oils, and >their flashpoints. Other information, too, of course, but I found it >was the quickest reference ever to check flashpoint, rather than go >through each MSDS. Does anyone know of this site, or a similar one? >Google didn't help, there was too much to wade through. > >Anya >http://anyamccoy.com > > > Hi Anya, I'm wrestling with the same questions actually. Since I just finished my last workshops on aromatherapy for 2004 last week I have more time left to email and do some research work. I just started to create with my boy Robin a web based database on the essential oils. I intend to make it in 4 languages (dutch, french,english and german). I made images of more than 60 of my 170 oils already, since I think that the colour of the essential oil is important (and a piece of art of nature). I have put some of my oils in different clear glas, in order to make the images (some in small bottles, used during my workshops. I have to point out that my oils are generally stored in brown glass containers and in a dark place... Amazing to see the colour differences bewteen the different ct of thymys vulgaris for instance. I even thought about making it a AGORA project (specially the colours of the oils), as I would love to have more images from other oils, or even other origins of the same oil (I have actually two thymus vulgaris ct linalol providers, just 30 km away from one another, same altitude, but a slight color difference...). Here are the topics that I would like to add: -Chemical composition (actual analyses from my oils, some very detailed, some not, if this would become a common project, other analyses could be added,as long as they belong to oils that can be detailed in origin etc...) -Flashpoint -Specific gravity -Toxicity -Skin (irritant or not etc...) -Color image of essential oil I'm hesitating about adding the refractive index and the optical rotation. I would also love to add botanical facts, most of all some images free of rights of the trees, flowers etc involved. I have different sources for this: starting with: - the german books of Gildemeister und Hoffmann (about 1300 oils listed, old work but still interesting facts of analyses present) - the work of Guenther (most of it taken from Gildemeister und Hoffmann) -the excellent and practical work of the German authors Roth Kormann: Duftplanzen, Pflanzendufte, who retrace about 142 oils with Cas nr, Fema nr, major components, use, skin irritation, origin etc..., They also retrace all the aromatic chemical components with their cas nr , fema nrs, toxicology etc... -The French Afnor from 1992 (I really need to update now), with very detailed information about some commercial oils, plus detailed info about analyse methods used. -My own work and a lot more books and sources I have. You can find the first attempts here (only some oils added yet) http://www.nature-helps.com/olie/olie.html Maybe I should dig out of my computer dust some translation pages I made long ago and make a chart as the one you are searching (will take some time though...) I found these interesting links here, but suppose it's not the one you were searching: Safety Emporium Glossary table of contents http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/index.html What is a MSDS What is a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)? http://www.ilpi.com/msds/faq/parta.html#whatis I have to add that I do not sell oils elsewhere than Europe actually, It's just shearing my passion, regards, Michel vanhove, France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 What a great project, Michel. Thank you so much for all the information that you share so generously. Allana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 , Michel Vanhove <michel@n...> wrote: > rastapoodle wrote: > > >I used to have a great site bookmarked, but I can't find it now. I was > >a chart with the common and botanical names of essential oils, and > >their flashpoints. > Hi Anya, > > I'm wrestling with the same questions actually. Hi Michael: A friendly soul on another group gave me two leads, and although they're not the original site, they are helpful, and I'm sure you'll find them useful as a start for your data compilation for your new website: http://www.dreamingearth.com/flashpoints.html http://www.asnapp.org/Resources_pages/resources_guidelines_classification_of_EO.\ htm This second rec is a PDF file that is funky to read. Can anyone give me guidelines on how to turn PDF into regular text, so I can flip this file into Word? http://anyamccoy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Hi Anya > http://www.asnapp.org/Resources_pages/resources_guidelines_classification_of_EO.\ htm > This second rec is a PDF file that is funky to read. Can anyone give > me guidelines on how to turn PDF into regular text, so I can flip this > file into Word? > This document is not a " real " pdf file .. What they have done is use .pdf to be a holder for graphics files. That is why they are " funky " to read. You would have to save each page/graphic and then run that graphic through a OCR program. Graham Sorenson http://TheGuideToAromatherapy.com http://Luna-Aromatics.com Come and stick your nose in our business The Home of " Arizona Balm " the Natural Solution to Problem Dry Skin. Hand Made Soaps, Soy Wax Candles, Lip Balms and more Good Stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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