"Oils, Volatile" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Oils which evaporate readily. The volatile oils occur in aromatic plants, to which they give odor and other characteristics. Most volatile oils consist of a mixture of two or more TERPENES or of a mixture of an eleoptene (the more volatile constituent of a volatile oil) with a stearopten (the more solid constituent). The synonym essential oils refers to the essence of a plant, as its perfume or scent, and not to its indispensability.
| Descriptor ID |
D009822
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.627.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Oils, Volatile- Oils, Volatile
- Volatile Oils
- Oils, Essential
- Essential Oils
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