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Lipids > Oils > Oils, Volatile

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Oils, Volatile  

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  • Essential Oil
  • Essential Oils
  • Oil, Essential
  • Oils, Essential
  • Oil, Volatile
  • Volatile Oil

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  • coordinate with source of oil; /ther use: AROMATHERAPY is also available

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  • Oils which evaporate readily. The volatile oils occur in aromatic plants, to which they give odor and other characteristics. Most volatile oils consist of a mixture of two or more TERPENES or of a mixture of an eleoptene (the more volatile constituent of a volatile oil) with a stearopten (the more solid constituent). The synonym essential oils refers to the essence of a plant, as its perfume or scent, and not to its indispensability.

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