I need to know general steps to follow for extraction of natural oils from flowers such as camomile
2006-12-12 12:12:58 · 6 answers · asked by tony200423man 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Maceration Extraction: Flowers are soaked in hot oil, which acts as a solvent, to have their cell membranes ruptured when the hot oil then absorbs the essence. The oil is then cleared of the botanical material and decanted.
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2006-12-12 12:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gather the flower tops boil in water in a pot with a lid and save the condensed water off the lid, like make a little still, a way for the dew to run off the lid into a container, or into a coil and then into a container. This distilled fluid is essential oil, the residue formed by the boiling and condensation.
2006-12-12 12:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by Faerie loue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're doing what perfumers were doing for hundred of years. Honeysuckle are very tender. you ought to extract the oil by using soaking in wax. You do do not ignore that it takes litterally pounds of flora to get a drop or 2 do you no longer?
2016-10-18 04:59:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural Oils? Boil them!
2006-12-12 12:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
press them then place the juice in a test tube and let the oil float to the top because oil is more dense
2006-12-12 12:23:37 · answer #5 · answered by wizzle3p0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fry it.
2006-12-12 12:15:04 · answer #6 · answered by Cartman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋