Essential Oil Research Paper
The Ancient Art of Essential Oil Making There are many ways to process out the aromatic compounds of plants we call essential oils. The most common being steam distillation followed by alcohol absolutes, cold pressing, and carbon dioxide extractions. Before these methods came about due to technology people would often do their own oil or fat based extractions at home called oil macerations. An oil maceration is the product of plant matter being soaked in a carrier oil. A carrier oil is an unsaturated fat that is liquid at room temperature such as olive, and avocado oil. The preferred carrier is fractionated coconut oil because it has been distilled which makes it sterile and have a shelf-life of up to six years. This procedure starts