Method for making full use of Lippia origanoides

A process for extracting compounds of interest from Lippia origanoides plants comprising the steps of:

• step a) reducing a plant material of Lippia origanoides plant to a particle size between 0.5 cm and 5 cm;
• step b) loading the reduced plant material from step a) into a distillation equipment;
• step c) subjecting the loaded plant material from step b) to a first distillation thereby producing distillates;
• step d) separating said distillates into a light fraction and a heavy fraction;
• step e) drying a residue of the distilled plant material from step c);
• and
• step f) subjecting said dried residue from step e) to an extraction with solvents to recover other compounds;
• wherein the process is performed continuously.