Essential oils

Essential oils are volatile oils obtained from plants or from part thereof by, for example, steam and/or water distillation. Most essential oils consist of mixtures of hydrocarbons (terpenes, sesquiterpenes, etc.), oxygenated compounds (alcohol, esters, aldehydes, ketones, etc.) and a small percentage of non-volatile residues (paraffin, wax, etc.). These active ingredients can also be produced in nature-identical form with an identical chemical structure as those present in naturally occurrin