course technologies for growing medicinal and aromatic plants
course technologies for growing medicinal and aromatic plants
course technologies for growing medicinal and aromatic plants
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Obtaining volatile oils<br />
Industrial extraction of volatile oils from different <strong>medicinal</strong> <strong>plants</strong> is made by<br />
different methods depending on their characteristic qualities.<br />
The main methods of obtaining volatile oils are :<br />
Distillation with water vapor.<br />
Extraction of volatile oils with organic solvents.<br />
Animal fat extraction: maceration <strong>and</strong> enfleurage<br />
Liquefied gas extraction (supercritical CO2)<br />
Extraction by pressing.<br />
Adsorption on a sorbent material.
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