1. Definition
According to Naves, none of these definitions of essential oils is clear or precise. This author defines essential oils as mixtures of various products from a plant species, these mixtures passing with a certain proportion of water during distillation in a stream of steam
This definition can be extended to essential oils obtained by cold expression of the rind or zest of Citrus fruits, because of the intervention of water in the mechanical processes to entrain the product released from the oleiferous alveoli.
These definitions have been more or less adopted by AFNOR
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Lesser essential oils
Some essential oils of lesser importance are dealt with briefly in the table 1 . For further details, please refer to the bibliographical references cited in this table.
The eighty oils mentioned here belong to the same groups as those studied in detail in article [K 345] and listed...
Standardization
The main standardization committees for essential oils are as follows.
France
— Commission de normalisation du Syndicat national des fabricants et importateurs d'huiles essentielles et produits aromatiques naturels de Grasse (standards: 2nd ed. 1959)
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Huiles essentielles. Règles générales concernant les caractéristiques des...
List of essential oil suppliers
Please refer to the bibliographic reference
1) Aripe Citrica Agro-Industrial S.A.
2) Adams Packing Association Inc....
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