AROMATIC WATERS, EXTRACTIVES

AROMATIC WATERS

● CLEAR, SATURATED AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF VOLATILE OILS or other aromatic or volatile substances

● Used for perfume and flavoring

Stored in a tight, light-resistant containers

AROMATIC WATERS package

EXTRACTIVES

• Obtained from plants and are commonly called GALENICALS

• Concentrated preparations of vegetable or animal drugs obtained by removal of the active constituents of the respective drugs with suitable menstrua, evaporation of all or nearly all of the solvent, and adjustment of the residual masses or powders to the prescribed standards.

● TINCTURES

● FLUIDEXTRACTS

● EXTRACTS

EXTRACTIVES examples

MACERATION

to soak

PERCOLATION

strain slow passage of a suitable solvent through a column of the drug

INFUSION

vegetable drugs are extracted of their water-soluble constituents by steeping or drenching them in water

DIGESTION

form of maceration in which gentle heat (40-60°C) is applied to the drug menstruum mixture and maintained throughout the extraction to increase the solvent powers of the menstruum

DECOCTION

process of boiling vegetable substances with water to extract the soluble principles