Product Information:
Wintergreen Oil
Product Informationi: s an organic ester naturally produced by many species of plants, particularlywintergreens. It is also synthetically produced, used as a fragrance, in foods and beverages, and in liniments.
The compound methyl salicylate was first isolated (from the plant Gaultheria procumbens) in 1843 by the French chemist Auguste André Thomas Cahours(1813-1891), who identified it as an ester of salicylic acid and methanol.

Specification:
Appearance: Colorless or pale yellowish liquid
Scent: Characteristic aroma of Chinese ilex
Density (25ºC/25ºC): 1.176-1.185
RefractiveIndex (20ºC): 1.5340-1.5380
AcidValue /(KOH,mg/g): ≤2.0
Content: ≥98.0%

Usage:
providing fragrance to various products and as an odor-masking agent for some organophosphate pesticides.
as a bait for attracting male orchid bees for study, which apparently gather the chemical to synthesize pheromones.to clear plant or animal tissue samples of color, and as such is useful for microscopy and immunohistochemistry when excess pigments obscure structures or block light in the tissue being examined. This clearing generally only takes a few minutes, but the tissue must first be dehydrated in alcohol.



Packing and Store:
25kg/plastic barrel; 180kg/galvanized iron drum, store in dry, ventilated and cool place, away from fire and high temperature.