root extract

Botanical distillation product

Root extract is a concentrated substance obtained by drawing out compounds from plant roots, typically using water, alcohol, or oil as a solvent.

Common in herbal medicine, cosmetics, and dietary supplements: ginseng root extract, licorice root extract.

The extraction process isolates active ingredients believed to have therapeutic or nutritional properties.

Opposites
plant part source

root extractleaf extract

Substance derived from foliage

fruit extract · seed extract

processing state

root extractdried root

Plant base, water removed

whole plant

derivation source

root extractsynthetic compound

Artificially produced chemical combination

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G