Question

How to extract essential oils from plants v in laboratory?

Answer 1

There are many different ways to extract essential oils and they are listed below:

• Enfleurage.
• Expressed Oils.
• Steam Distillation.
• Solvent Extraction.
• Fractional Distillation and Percolation.
• Carbon Dioxide Extraction.
• Phytonic Process

Essential oils are the liquids that are isolated from plants when introduced to solvents – they are liquefied versions of the plants! Popular extraction methods include: Steam Distillation, Solvent Extraction, CO2 Extraction, Maceration, Enfleurage, Cold Press Extraction, and Water Distillation.

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