The Banana Oil

Everybody is aware of the nutritional value of bananas. We also know its medicinal importance and its extraordinary uses. Now, let us learn about banana oil.

What is a banana oil? What are the uses of banana oil? And how it is prepared? These are the three questions we are going to answer. First, let's find out the definition of a banana oil. A banana oil is a colorless, sweet-smelling, oily compound, a liquid chemical with the odor of bananas. Banana oil is also called amyl acetate.

An example of banana oil in a bottle

What are the different uses of a banana oil? Banana oil is very important in many industries and in the manufacture of many products. Here's a list of its uses. Check it out:

1. It is use in flavorings (e.g. ice creams).
   
   
   
   
2. It is use in making perfumes.
   
   
   
3. It is use as a solvent for certain lacquers.
   
   
   
4. It is use in the manufacturing films.
   
   
   
   
5. It is use in producing artificial pearls.
   
   
   
   
6. It is use in producing rayon.
   
   
   
7. It is use in producing artificial leather.
   
   
   
8. It is use in making paints.
   
   
   
   
9. It is use in extracting penicillin.
   
   
   
   
10. High grade banana oil is excellent for aromatherapy uses.
    
    
11. It is use in scenting candles.
    
    
    
12. It freshen potpourri.
    
    
    
13. It is use in making soaps.
    
    
    
    
14. It is use in making massage oils.
    
    
    
15. It is use in making bath oils.
    
    

There are so many uses of banana oil. Banana oil proves to be of major importance in many industries. Banana oil is also called amyl acetate. Now, let us find out how banana oil is prepared.

It is prepared from fusel oil and sodium acetate. What is a fusel oil? A fusel oil is a volatile poisonous oily liquid, consisting largely of amyl alcohol, and having a disagreeable odor and taste, obtained when potato, corn, or grape spirits are rectified. And what is sodium acetate? Sodium acetate, (also rarely, sodium ethanoate) is the sodium salt of acetic acid. It is an inexpensive chemical produced in industrial quantities for a wide range of uses. The chemical formula of banana oil or amyl acetate is: (CH3)2CH(CH2)2CO2CH3.

Banana oil is not made of banana at all or any part of a banana instead it is a man-made liquid chemical with the odor of bananas only.