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2. List of essential oils - Wikipedia

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   Unlike other essential oils, lemon oil is usually cold pressed. Used in cosmetics. Lemongrass. Lemongrass is a highly fragrant grass from India. The oil is very useful for insect repellent. Lime; Litsea cubeba oil, lemon-like scent, often used in perfumes and aromatherapy. Linalool; Mandarin; Marjoram; Manuka oil; Melissa oil (Lemon balm ...

3. Tea tree oil - Wikipedia

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   Similar oils can also be produced by water distillation from Melaleuca linariifolia and Melaleuca dissitiflora. [37] Whereas the availability and nonproprietary nature of tea tree oil would make it – if proved effective – particularly well-suited to a disease such as scabies that affects poor people disproportionately, those same ...

4. Essential oil - Wikipedia

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   An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile (easily evaporated at normal temperatures) chemical compounds from plants.Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetheroleum, or simply as the oil of the plant from which they were extracted, such as oil of clove.

5. Pine oil - Wikipedia

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   Pine oil is an essential oil obtained from a variety of species of pine, particularly Pinus sylvestris.Typically, parts of the trees that are not used for lumber — stumps, etc. — are ground and subjected to steam distillation. [2]

6. Eugenol - Wikipedia

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   Eugenol / ˈ j uː dʒ ɪ n ɒ l / is an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol, a member of the allylbenzene class of chemical compounds. [2] It is a colorless to pale yellow, aromatic oily liquid extracted from certain essential oils especially from clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, basil and bay leaf.

7. List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and ...

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   There is little to no evidence that any illnesses are curable through essential oils or aromatherapy, [310] and fish oil has not been shown to cure dementia. [311] In those with the common cold, the color of the sputum or nasal secretion may vary from clear to yellow to green and does not indicate the class of agent causing the infection. [312]