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I 5HE timbers and the resinous exudations, or ‘gums,’ of the eucalypts have deservedly attracted much attention; but chemically, if not economically, the greatest interest of this leading genus of Australia centres around the eucalyptus oils. These ‘essential’ oils are produced abundantly in the minute leaf-glands of the eucalypts, and sometimes they may also be distilled from the bark and timber. Essential oils, as the name indicates, possess fragrant odours; they are more mobile and more volatile than the ‘fixed’ plant oils, with which they must not be confused; further, unlike the fixed oils, they are unassimilable, being in no way related to the fats.
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READ, J. The Essential Oils of the Eucalypts. Nature 119, 784–785 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119784a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/119784a0