RT Book, Section
A1 Kornreich Shawn, Lauren
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Smith, Silas W.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1163011220
T1 Essential Oils
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259859618
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163011220
RD 2024/04/19
AB Essential  oils  are  a  class  of  volatile  oils  that  are  extracted  through  steam  distillation  or  are  cold  pressed  from  the  leaves,  flowers,  bark,  wood,  fruit,  or  peel  of  a  single  parent  plant.  The  term  essential  refers  to  the  essence  of  a  plant  rather  than  an  indispensable  component  of  the  oil  or  a  vital  biologic  function.  These  compounds  are  a  mixture  of  complex  hydrocarbons  that  give  the  oil  its  aroma  and  potential  therapeutic  properties  and  that  occasionally  cause  toxicity.  More  than  500  essential  oils  exist  and  are  typically  categorized  into  five  chemical  groups:  terpenes,  quinines,  substituted  benzenes,  aromatic/aliphatic  esters,  and  phenols  and  aromatic/aliphatic  alcohols.