CHEBI:83630 - essential oil

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ChEBI Name essential oil
ChEBI ID CHEBI:83630
Definition A mixture that is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds obtained from plants, commonly by distillation (particularly steam distillation), but also by solvent extraction, or by crushing of seeds or fruits in a press.
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Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
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Outgoing essential oil (CHEBI:83630) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
essential oil (CHEBI:83630) is a mixture (CHEBI:60004)
Incoming tea tree oil (CHEBI:83629) is a essential oil (CHEBI:83630)
Synonyms Sources
aetherolea ChEBI
essential oils ChEBI
ethereal oil ChEBI
ethereal oils ChEBI
volatile oil ChEBI
volatile oils ChEBI
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Essential_oil Wikipedia
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Last Modified
13 April 2017