Wednesday, December 16, 2009

How can you extract oil from leaves? Please, I need it for my project in chemistry.?

We would most likely use Oregano through distillation or extraction. But it is very risky, according to our lab assistant.How can you extract oil from leaves? Please, I need it for my project in chemistry.?
steam distillation is used to extract essential oils - i.e. carvone.


(I don't know what the oils in oregano are so I can't be sure this would work)





It is a pretty safe procedure. I'm surprised your lab assistant would consider extraction or distillation risky??

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