TURPENTINE
An
item well-known to many and goes by varied names as Terebenthine,Terebinthine,
Terebenthene, Turpentine oil and so on.
It is a plant product extracted from the resin of living trees - popular as
Pine trees. The process involves distillation. A variety of
terpenes occur in the oil of turpentine. These are monoterpenes
–primarily pinenes of alpha and beta versions. The chemistry of the oil is
influenced by the processes employed for extraction of oil.
Sources
Largely
species of Pine are used: [Pinus pinaster, P.halepensis, P.massoniana ,
P.palustris and a few others]. The oil is viscous, resinous- smelling, with the
chemical formula C 10 H16 meaning that only carbon and
hydrogen are the constituents.
Turpentine
is used as a solvent to dilute oil-based paints in making industrial varnishes.
Turpentine
has been known to be a medicine for curing abrasions and as a lice-repellent in
some folk cultures.
In
S.India several households used to apply turpentine to alleviate pain in the
calf muscles of elderly people by gently applying the oil and rubbing the part
by mild application of pressure.
A
well-known name of less known features is Turpentine.
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Turpentine is a mucle relaxant. Those days
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