Citrus Oil
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Essential Oil Extraction
Essential oil is any concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants. il can be extracted from any part of the plant from petals and leaves, roots, seeds and rinds. Essential oils are generally extracted by distillation. Most essential oils are extracted by steam. Other processes include expression, or solvent extraction. They are used in perfumes and cosmetics, for flavoring food and drink, and for scenting incense and household cleaning products. There are many ways in which essential oils are extracted. The vast majority of true essential oils are produced by distillation. Distillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture.
Distillation usually forms part of a larger chemical process, and is thus referred to as a unit operation. Steam distillation, the most common method of essential oil production, involves the flow of steam into a chamber holding the raw plant material. The steam causes small sacs containing essential oil to burst. Steam distillation uses an outside source of steam which pipes the steam into the distillation unit, sometimes at high pressure. The steam passes through the aromatic material, and exits into the condenser. Another method is essential oil extraction is Pomades. Pomades are produced using a process known as enfleurage, which is seldom done today. Freshly cut flowers are laid upon a layer of fat. The final step would be an alcohol extraction of the fragrance-saturated fat to produce the pure absolute or perfume.
Essential Oil Extraction - Enfleurage is the method by which flower essences such as Jasmine, Rose, which are more delicate and difficult to obtain are extracted. Flowers or petals are crushed between wooden framed, glass trays smeared with a greasy animal fat until the fat is saturated with their perfume. Other method is cold pressing. This method is typically employed for citrus oils. What is done is simply the rind is pressed under the conditions of a high temperature, about 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and the oils are removed. Mechanical pressure is used to force the oils out. The oils extracted contain water, but this water will, in time, evaporate, leaving just the essential oils. The downside of using this extraction method is that the cold pressed oils spoil more quickly than those extracted using other methods.
Pressing is a simple method of squeezing out literally, essential oils from the rinds and peel off ripe fruit such as orange and lemon into a sponge. Solvent extraction is used in combination with distillation. A hydrocarbon solvent is put in with the plant material and dissolves the essential oil. The resulting solution is then filtered and put through a distillation process that concentrates the oil to produce a resin, or resinoid. The remaining substance is a combination of wax and essential oil and is called “concrete. The most modern method of extracting essential oils is the CO2 and SCO2, or carbon dioxide and supercritical carbon dioxide, method. This method uses the ‘solvent’ carbon dioxide to carry the essential oils out of the plant. Another method for extracting essential oils is one that is reserved called absolutes.
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Tips For Storing Your Essential Oils
Essential oils, CO2S and absolutes are usually sold for use in small bottles. Commonly they are sold in 5ml, 10ml and 15ml bottle sizes. More expensive oils are sold in 2ml and 1 dram bottle sizes. These oils should be stored very carefully because they can easily get damaged by ultraviolet light and get deteriorated very fast at the blue end of the spectrum, as compared to red. They can lose their therapeutic benefits and deteriorate over time. For instance, citrus oil oxidizes and begins to lose aroma and its therapeutic properties; but not every essential oil loses its value, like sandalwood and patchouli oils.
You should always store essential oils in an amber colored bottle and if you are keeping the oil in a blue color bottle then keep it in a dark place, this is not so important for brown colored bottles. Dark glass bottles like amber or cobalt blue bottles can keep the sunrays out. Try and avoid purchasing any essential oil that comes in a clear bottle with a rubber dropper incorporated into the screw top cap because the highly concentrated oil has the capacity to turn the rubber bulb into gum. Never buy oils that are being sold in plastic bottles. There are some vendors who sell essential oils in aluminum bottles, but these bottles are acceptable if the interiors are lined. Always store the bottles in a dark and cool place because these oils cannot take high temperatures and they evaporate quickly. Most of the oils come in a bottle that contains an "orifice reducer" which is a small, clear insert inside the bottle opening and acts as a dropper. You can easily tip the bottle and dispense the essential oil drop by drop. Remember to replace the cap quickly after use and make sure that the cap is closed tightly, when not in use.
Whichever essential oil you buy will last approximately for three years from the date of bottling. But if you provide excellent storage conditions then the oil can be stored for at least five years. There is dramatic reduction in the shelf life once the oils are diluted with carrier oils. A blend will be effective for approximately three to six months if you store it in an amber colored bottle in a cool place. With wheatgerm oil being added, the shelf life is about six to nine months. Remember to discard the oil if there is an alteration in the smell or when vegetable oil becomes rancid.
There are few points that you need to keep in kind when you buy an essential oil:
• Buy oils in amber colored bottles
• Check for the date when it was bottled and how old it is
• The oils should not be kept in direct sunlight
• Check if all the essential oils are of the same price. This is an indication that you are being cheated. For instance, rosemary or lavender oil will be less expensive than rose oil.
• Check if the essential oil that you are buying is blended with any other carrier oil and if yes, then find out when it was diluted.
About the Author
For 10 years, Marilyn has been active as an advocate for Alternative Health Therapies, specializing in
Essential Oils
and
Aromatherapy
to increase wellness. Marilyn also writes
Health Articles
which showcase both essential oils and other alternative health modalities.
