logwood
dye
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derivation from logwood
use as natural dye
- In dye: Natural dyes
Logwood is the only natural dye used today. Heartwood extracts of the logwood tree, Haematoxylon campechianum, yield hematoxylin, which oxidizes to hematein during isolation. The latter is red but in combination with chromium gives shades of charcoal, gray, and black; it is used mainly to…
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