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What is the essential oil in clove?
eugenol
Can extract be used in place of essential oil?
This depends on which essential oil you are trying to replace. Many essential oils don't have a corresponding extract or are extracts in and of themselves.
Why is eugenol used in most men's fragrances?
Eugenol is a constituent of essential oils (lavender, rosemary, etc.) which are sometimes used to create cologne/perfume. So either the eugenol is just a part of the essential oils used to create the fragrance, or the eugenol is added as a preservative.
Where do you purchase eugenol oil?
Eugenol Oil is the main component in Clove Oil. You can buy Clove Oil through health food stores and online. It is an essential oil from the clove herb. NOTE: It can be TOXIC in large amounts so please do research on whatever it is you are looking to use it for. Hope this has helped to answer your question. If you have any other questions, just holler. LOL Aislynn
What is the difference between an essential oil and an essential extract?
Essential oils are made by distillation process. Extracts can be extracted by pressuring plants.
How is aucklandia taken?
Aucklandia can be prepared as either a distilled extract or as an essential oil.
How much extract is in one mint leaf?
There is no answer to this question. "Extract" is, well, extracted from the leaves using a solvent, and since leaves vary in size and essential oil content, and extracts vary in the relative proportions of essential oil to solvent, there's no possible way to give a single answer.
How can we extract essential oils from aniseed carum cardamom by soxhlet method?
Using the soxhlet method, you can extract essential oils from hard materials. This method uses a superheated steam distillation process to get all of the oils out of anise and cardamom plants, among others.
Can eugenol oil be used to kill roaches?
yes it kills roaches and bed bugs
What is the solvent of eugenol?
Eugenol is practically insoluble in water; it is hydrophobic.
Why would the steam distillation of a mixture of vanillin and eugenol result in the distillation of eugenol only?
Because is and esential oil and these are not soluble on water and volatile enough to be distilled by steam, when you use steam distillation you do the extraction step and the purification step in one technique.
Is peppermint oil and peppermint extract the same?
Yes you can its 1/4 a tsp of oil for 1 tsp of extract
