Chapter 3: The Functional Groups and Their Functions
3.9 CONCLUSION
Now that you’ve learned about functional groups and the terpene
backbone, you are ready to move on to Parts 2 and 3 of this book. Part
2 contains the most detailed chemical information publicly available
on every single oil currently offered by dōTERRA. Each oil’s func-
tional group content, terpene content, and constituent composition
is listed to help you characterize, compare, contrast, and categorize
oils at your convenience. Part 3 contains detailed information on the
chemical constituents mentioned in part 2. Part 3 details the usage
and benefits of nearly a hundred different constituents and explains
which oils those constituents can be found in, and in what quantities.
While Part 1 was primarily focused on the general concepts under-
lying essential oil chemistry, the rest of this book contains detailed
information on every dōTERRA oil and its chemical constituents.
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