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Essential oil
Definition
Essential oils:
- Volatile principles of plant and animal source,
evaporate when exposed to air at ordinary
temperature, and hence known as volatile or etheral
oils.
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Cinnamomum parthenoxylon
Sassafras oil TD Xá xị
và một số loài Cinnamomum
Ocimum gratissimum oil TD Hương nhu trắng Ocimum gratissimum 4
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2. Sesquiterpene compounds
3. Aromatic compounds
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Terpenoids - Rule
tail
head
tail
head
Isoprene Isoprene unit Myrcene
monoterpene sesquiterpene 7
Classification of terpenoids
Class Number of carbon atoms
Terpene 10
Sesquiterpene 15
Diterpene 20
Triterpene 30
Tetraterpene 40
b-carotene
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Oleanane skeleton
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Monoterpene
a. Acylic monoterpene
- Hydrocarbon
ocimene myrcene
-Oxygenated
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-Oxygenated
Monoterpene
b. Monocyclic
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Monoterpene
b. Monocyclic
OH OH
OH
O O
pulegone piperitone
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Monoterpene
b. Monocyclic
O O
O
OH O
Melaleuca cajuputi
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Monoterpene
b. Bicyclic
OH O
a- b- g- d-fenchen
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Sesquiterpene
a. Hydrocarbon
b. azulene
Me Me
iPr
Me iPr Me Et
Me
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Sesquiterpene
c. Sesquiterpene lactone
O
O O
O O
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Aromatic compound
OH
OH
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Aromatic compound
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Aromatic compound
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Aromatic compound
OMe
COOMe
OH
CHO
Cinnamon tree:
- Bark oil: cinnamaldehyde
- Leaf: eugenol
- Root: camphor
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Organo-nitrogen
Organo-sulfur
methyl antranilate
allicin
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Distillation methods
• Principle: when 2 immiscible liquids are heated
together, they will boil at a temperature below the
boiling point of either one.
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Distillation methods
Clevenger apparatus
Distillation methods
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Florentine receivers
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Expression methods
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Expression methods
1. Squeezing of the peel under a stream of water à emulsion
(volatile oil, pectin, cellulose, pigments, trace of waxes)
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Enfleurage method
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