Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedical Science
Open Access
Essential Oils from Plants
Dec 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-18-2489
Monica ButnariuCorresponding author
Essential oils, called volatile oils or ethereal oils, are natural metabolic secretions of plants, the role of which is not yet fully understood by science. Some specialists consider them to be true plant hormones, fluid manifestations of the immune system of plants, in the sense that they contribut…