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 FENNEL seed OIL
The oil is obtained by steam distillation of fennel seed (Foeniculum officinalis var. dulce, Mill Thell, umbelliferous Apiaceae). The oil is light yellow (yellow-brown) easily movable liquid with typical scent and sweet (sweet fennel) or bitter (bitter fennel) flavour. The main ingredient of the oil is anethol, followed by methyl-chavicol and fenchone.  These ingredients make the taste of the perennial fennel oil bitter. Hydrocarbons in the oil are 18 by number. The more important of these are α-pinene, citric, γ-terpinene, cis-ocimene, myrcene, p-cymene, etc.
Application: fennel oil has broad application in the food industry, production of alcohol beverages and for the isolation of anethol.
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FEATURED PRODUCT
Lavender oil
The oil is obtained by steam distillation of lavender blossoms (Lavandula angustifolia - Miller ). In the composition of lavender oil we have about 90% monoterpene and about 10% sesquiterpenes amd polymers. The main components are lynalil acetate and linalool. There are also citric, β-ocimene, α and β-pinene, camphene, myrcene, 1.8-cineol, terpinene, ethylmylcetone, p-cymene, borneol, geraniol, terpineol, lavandulol and their acetates, nerol, camphor, etc.
Lavender oil is used widely in perfumery industry as active ingredient in cosmetics, medicine, technology, faience industry. It is also used as solvent of metal oxides, salts, lacquers and paints. The oil has clearly expressed antiseptic and healing effects. Lavender oil is also used for isolation of aromatic ingredients lynalil acetate and linalool. Lavender oil is the most widely used aromatic product in aroma therapy.
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