VOLATILE OILS Flashcards
Are the odoriferous principles found in various plant parts.
VOLATILE OILS
It represents the essences or the
odoriferous constituents of the plants.
VOLATILE OILS
Known as Ethereal/Essential Oils
VOLATILE OILS
Volatile Oils is knows as?
ETHEREAL / ESSENTIAL OILS
METHODS in obtaining Volatile Oils
WATER DISTILLATION
WATER AND STEAM DISTILLATION
DIRECT STEAM DISTILLATION
ECUELLE METHOD
ENFLEURAGE METHOD
EXTRACTION
DESTRUCTIVE DISTIALLATION
▪ Dried plant materials
▪ Turpentine oil
WATER DISTILLATION
▪ Either dried or fresh plant materials
▪ Cinnamon oil, Clove oil
WATER AND STEAM DISTILLATION
▪ Fresh plant materials
▪ Peppermint oil, Spearmint Oil
DIRECT STEAM DISTILLATION
Through line
ECUELLE METHOD
Perfumery industry
EXTRACTION
Glass Plate
ENFLEURAGE METHOD
▪ Removing of citrus oils
ECUELLE METHOD
▪ Flower petals
▪ bland fat/fixed oils and alcohol
ENFLEURAGE METHOD
▪ Uniform temperature
▪ Expensive
EXTRACTION
▪ Empyreumatic Oils
▪ When the wood resin is heated without access of air, decomposition takes place and a number of volatile compounds are driven off, the resultant mass is Charcoal.
DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION (DRY DISTILLATION)
Composition of Volatile Oils:
• TERPENES OR SESQUITERPENES
• ESTERS AND ALCOHOL
• ALCOHOLS
• ALDEHYDES
• LKETONES
• PHENOLS
• ETHERS
TERPENES or SESQUITERPENES Sources:
TEA TREE
TURPENTINE
JUNIPER
TERPENES or SESQUITERPENES Constituents:
PINENE
CAMPHENE
CADINENE
GUAIACOL
CRESOL
Esters and Alcohols Sources:
LAVENDER
PEPPERMINT
ROSEMARY
BERGAMOT
PUMILIO PINE
ESTERS and ALCOHOLS Constituents:
BORNYL ACETATE
LINALYL ACETATE
MENTHYL ACETATE
BORNEOL
LINALOL
MENTHOL
Alcohols Sources:
• CARDAMOM
• CORIANDER
• ROSE GERANIUM
• OTTO OF ROSE
• SANDALWOOD
• ORANGE FLOWER
Alcohol Constituents:
• LINALOL
• GERANIOL
• CITRONELLOL
• SANTALOL
Aldehydes Sources:
• CINNAMON
• CASSIA
• CITRONELLA OR LEMON GRASS
• LEMON
• ORANGE
Aldehydes Constituents:
• CINNAMALDEHYDE
• CINNAMIC ALDEHYDE
• CITRONELLAL
• CITRAL
Ketones Sources:
• SPEARMINT
• CARAWAY
• CEDAR LEAF
• DILL
• SAGE
• WORMWOOD
Ketones Constituents:
• CARVONE
• THUJONE
Phenols Sources:
•CLOVE
• CINNAMON
• THYME
• HORSEMINT
• AJOWAN
Phenols Constituents:
• EUGENOL
• THYMOL
Ethers Sources:
• ANISE / STAR ANISE
• CAMPHOR
• CAJUPUT
• EUCALYPTUS
• FENNEL
• NUTMEG
• PARSLEY
• INDIAN DILL
Ether’s Constituents:
ANETHOLE
CINEOLE
Non-Terpenoids Sources:
• MUSTARD
• WINTERGREEN
• BITTER ALMOND
Non-Terpenoids Constituents:
• GLUCOSINOLATES
• METHYL SALICYLATE
• BENZALDEHYDE
• HYDROCYANIDE
Other Drugs Containing Volatile Oils:
• ALLSPICE
• ANGELICA
• BLACK PEPPER
• CAMOMILE
• CELERY
• CHENOPODIUM
• FIVE-LEAVEF CHASTE TREE
• GARLIC
• HYPTIS
• LOVE GRASS
• MAYANA
• MUGWORT
• NGAI-CAMPHOR PLANT
• OREGANO
• PATCHOULI
• PINE ROSIN
• PREMNA
• SAMPAGUITA
• SWEET BAY
• VETIVER
based primarily on the use of volatile oils, either singly or in admixture.
AROMATHERAPY
Aromatherapy is administered as:
BATHS
COMPRESSES
MASSAGE
INHALATIONS
Drops of oil are added to the water and vigorously mixed.
BATHS
Volatile oils are mixed with suitable carrier– Fixed oils
COMPRESSES AND MASSAGE
are available in addition to the traditional
steam inhalation or use of the
handkerchief or tissue.
INHALATION VAPORIZERS AND BURNERS
