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)