LIQUIDAMBAR ORIENTALIS BALSAM EXTRACT

Storax; Styrax; Levant Oil; Asiatic Oil. Liquidambar Orientalis Balsam Extract is an extract of the exudate obtained from the trunk of Styrax, Liquidambar orientalis, Hamamelidaceae. It consists primarily of cinnamic and benzoic acids and their esters. Its main constituents are alpha- and beta-storesin and its cinnamic ester (33-50%), styracin (5-10%), ethyl- and phenylpropylcinnamate (10%), benzyl cinnamate, free cinnamic acid (5-15%), a levorotatory oil (0.4%) and traces of vanillin