See Also: oils, volatile(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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absolute oils(medicine)
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essential oils(medicine)

oils, volatile (medicine)


oils, volatile
Oils which evaporate readily. The volatile oils occur in aromatic plants, to which they give odour and other characteristics. most volatile oils consist of a mixture of two or more terpenes or of a mixture of an eleopten (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 indispensibility.