Sentences with phrase «volatile plant oils»

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Aromatherapy,, commonly associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), is the use of volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from plants to affect someone's mood or health.

For example, the roots of echinacea have a higher concentration of various volatile oils compared to the aerial part of the plant.

Because multiple parts of the plant contain compounds with therapeutic benefits including flavonoids, polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and volatile oils, echinacea has been used in the health world for multiple applications.

Aromatherapy achieves its effects through the direct application or diffusion of the volatile oils extracted from plants (essential oils), which influence a strong sense of wellness, a positive emotional state, and mental clarity among several other things.

Essential oils are the naturally occurring volatile compounds that exist in plants and protect them in their natural environment.

The feverfew plant contains a wide variety of natural substances, including sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoids, and volatile oils.

The volatile essential oils in thyme are packed with anti-septic, anti-viral, anti-rheumatic, anti-parasitic and anti-fungal properties, which explains why thyme - based formulas are used as an expectorant, diuretic, fungicide and antibiotic (source: Natular Product Communications, Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, International Journal of Food Microbiology).

These are highly concentrationed volatile oils of plant matter.

Essential oils are the concentrated liquids and essences from plants, containing volatile aroma compounds.

Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetherolea, or simply as the «oil of» the plant from which they were extracted.