The great unknowns of aromatherapy: hydrolates - Bio Eco Actual

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The great unknowns of aromatherapy: hydrolates - Bio Eco Actual

A hydrolate is the aqueous result of the distillation by steam current of a plant. During this process, two phases are generated: the essential oil and the hydrolate. The volume of hydrolate obtained is much greater than that of the essential oil, although curiously the procedure is usually associated mainly with the obtaining of the oil. Hydrolate contains the hydrosoluble molecular fraction of the plant, together with small amounts of aromatic…