Essential Oils Flashcards
1
Q
What are essential oils used for
A
Perfumes, cleaning products and flavouring
2
Q
What are the key components in essential oils
A
Terpenes
3
Q
What can be found in essential oils
A
Aldehydes ketones esters and alcohols
4
Q
Steam distillation is used to extract what?
A
Essential oils
5
Q
What is an isoprene (what it makes and structured name)
A
Makes terpenes
2-methylBut-1,3-diene
6
Q
How are isoprene units linked?
A
From head to tail or in rings
7
Q
What are essential oils
A
Concentrated extracts of volatile, non-water soluble aromas
