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Source: Lemon grass oil (Citronella grass).
Uses:
Citral has a powerful odor and taste of lemons.
It is used in the compounding of synthetic lemon flavors and in
perfumery.
Aromatic aldehydes:
Benzald
ehyde
Source:
Bitter almond and apricot kernels in glycosidic form “Amygdalin”.
Isolation:
Benzaldehyde is produced as a result of the action of enzyme emulsin on
the glycoside amygdalin in an aqueous mixture of ground almond:
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