Essential Oils from Medicinal Plants: Extraction Techniques, Biochemical Characterization, and Technical Analysis
Dhouha Alimi,
Azhar Hajri,
Slimen Selmi
et al.
Abstract:Essential oils, called volatile oils or ethereal oils, are natural metabolic secretions widespread in the most varied organs of the plant. Some of these natural products are extremely potent and precise as action due to their complex molecular substances, in which mono- and sesquiterpenes constituents predominate, and contain aromatic compounds. The technological process of obtaining volatile oil intervenes decisively in its composition and its quality. In this chapter, the general overview of essential oils, … Show more
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