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Among natural items, essential oils constitute a broad category. Chemicals used to add taste and perfume to culinary, industrial, and medicinal items are mostly derived from oils. Essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid made from various plant components that contains volatile fragrance molecules. Essential oils are manufactured and extracted from plant sources using a variety of extraction techniques. A variety of processes, including solvent-free microwave extraction, solar distillation, CO2 supercritical fluid extraction, hydro diffusion, and steam distillation, are used to create essential oils. These techniques for extraction and expression are employed to remove the oils from dried or fresh plants, respectively. There are several ways to extract mint oil, including solvent extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, and steam distillation. The most popular and traditional method for extracting mint oil among these methods is steam distillation. The mint plant material is heated with steam, which causes the essential oil to vaporize. Following the vapor's condensation and collection, the oil and condensed water are separated. Solvent extraction is the process of dissolving the essential oil from the mint plant material using organic solvents like ethanol or hexane. The oil's constituents are selectively extracted by the solvent, which is then evaporated or refined to produce concentrated mint oil.