Volatile Oils

• Other term for volatile oils?

  essential oils, ethereal oils, essences
• Volatile oils are colorless and photosensitive and undergoes auto-oxidation and resinification.
• Volatile oils should be placed inside a?

  light resistant container
• Physical characteristics of volatile oils includes high refractive index, optically active and with odor.
• These oils are immiscible in water but the can be sufficiently soluble to impart their odor in water?

  volatile oil
• water + volatile oil =?

  aromatic water
• alcohol + volatile oil = ?

  spirit
• volatile oils undergo resinification while fixed oils undergo what process?

  rancidification
• volatile oils contains terpene units or terpenoids while fixed oils have esters of fatty acids and glycerol.
• What oil has has grease spots, cannot be distilled but can be saponified?

  fixed oils
• what oil has no grease spot, can be distilled but cannot be saponified?

  volatile oil
• Mint family or Lamiaceae has an old family name of?

  Labiatae
• which part of the mint family is the source of volatile oils?

  glandular hair or trichomes
• Modified parenchymal cells of the pepper family is a source of volatile oils. What is the family name of pepper family?

  Piperaceae
• Umbelliferae or formerly known as Apiacea is what family of plants?

  celery family
• what part of the celery family are volatile oils produced from?

  oil tube or vittae
• The pine family is a source of volatile oils thru lysigenous and schizogenous passages. What is the family name of the pine family?

  Pinaceae
• Rutaceae is?

  citrus family
• A method of obtaining volatile oils that uses Clevenger's apparatus?

  distillation
• A type of distillation that is not injured by boiling and is used for turpentine oil and uses dry sample?

  water distillation
• water and steam distillation is injured by boiling and is used for not too dry/fresh samples. Examples of this?

  clove oil and cinnamon oil
• peppermint and spearmint are fresh sample that uses what type of distillation?

  steam distillation
• Pinaceae and Cupressiaceae undergoes incineration which is?

  destructive distillation
• Empyreumatic oils are extracted thru dry distillation which uses heat without access to air and this is a type of what distillation process?

  destructive distillation
• Mustard (myrosinase) produces allyl isothiocyanate (sinigrin) and acrynil (sinalbin).
• an expression method that uses placement of petal on fixed oil that absorbs the volatile oil which results in fatty pomade?

  enfleurage
• An expression process wherein a fruit rin is rolled in tough lined with sharp tiny projections enough to puncture the rind but not the fruit?

  ecuelle A piquer
• extraction process that uses petroleum ether and benzene?

  volatile
• extraction process for extracting non-volatiles?

  enfleurage
• solid oxodized hydrocarbon?

  stereoptene
• examples of stereoptene?

  menthol, anethole, thymol
• eleoptenes are liquid hydrocarbon portions of volatile oils. Examples of these are methylsalicylate, eugenol and eucalyptol.
• Volatile oils are used for perfumes. What are the other term for base notes?


  Fixatives
• these are the oils that are the most volatile and can leave the skin easily?

  top notes
• examples of top notes?

  lemon, lavender, anise, clove oil
• examples of middle notes?

  thyme, rose oil, neroli, rosemary, basil
• These notes in perfume are intermediate in tenacity and volatility?

  middle notes
• Fixatives have low volatility and high tenacity.
• Sources of base notes?

  musk, civet, ambergris
• from the dried secretion of the follicles of the male musk deer of Asia Moschus spp.?

  Muscone - musk