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Terms and Definitions - Essential Oil Extraction MethodsAE: Alcohol extracted with certified organic food grade alcohol which is removed after extraction. CO2 carbon dioxide extraction. Either "selet" or "total". A natural environmentally sound form of extraction that yields the highest therapeutic quality. This process is a supercritical fluid extraction with natural carbon dioxide, no solvent residues, no inorganic salts, no heavy metals, no reproducible microorganisms. Select: just the essential oil constitutents are extracted. Total: Essential oil constituents are extraced and/or most volatile constituents as well as other beneficial waxes and resins. CP cold pressed SD Steam distilled SE solvent extracted VD Vacuum distilled in an all glass vessel at high vacuum. |
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