EXTRACTION OF ESSENTIAL OIL BY EXHAUSTIVE DISTILLATION METHOD

摘要

EXTRACTION OF ESSENTIAL OIL BY EXHAUSTIVE DISTILLATION 5 METHOD THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD FOR EXTRACTING ESSENTIAL OIL FROM A PLANT, COMPRISING: A) EXTRACTING A HEAVY OIL EXTRACT FROM A PLANT MATERIAL BY SOLVENT EXTRACTION; B) CONCENTRATING THE HEAVY OIL EXTRACT TO OBTAIN AN OLEORESIN.- C) I 0 EMULSIFYING THE OLEORESIN WITH A SURFACTANT AND A THICKENING AGENT TO OBTAIN A SUSPENSION;AND D) DISTILLING THE SUSPENSION TO ACQUIRE THE ESSENTIAL OIL. THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING: NO DRAWING.