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Essential Oils: Extraction, Characterization and Applications covers sixteen essential oils from different herbal and aromatic plants, including production, composition and extraction techniques such as distillation, chemistry and properties, characterization and applications. The book also presents their safety, toxicity and regulation, alongside trade, storage, stability and transport concepts. Essential oils in plants, extraction and analysis, and current trends in the use of essential oils, like aroma therapy, agro-food and non-food usage are thoroughly explored. Remaining chapters are dedicated to different essential oils, including lavender, peppermint, sandalwood, citrus, eucalyptus, tea tree, clove, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, rosewood, juniper and pine, patchouli, clary, and more.
Edited by a global team of experts in essential oils, this book is designed to be a practical tool for the many diverse professionals who develop and market essential oils.
Contents
1. Essential oils in plants: Plant physiology, chemical composition of the oil, natural variation of the oils (chemotaxonomy, environmental effects etc.)
2. Extraction and analysis of essential oils: Laboratory extraction methods, industrial extraction methods, chemical analysis
3. Importance of essential oils and current trends in use of essential oils (aroma therapy, agro-food and non-food usage)
4. Lavender essential oil
5. Peppermint essential oil
6. Sandalwood essential oil
7. Jasmine essential oil
8. Citrus essential oils (Grapefruit, Orange, Lemon)
9. Eucalyptus essential oil
10. Essential oils from Apiaceae family (parsley, lovage and dill)
11. Essential oils from Lamiaceae family (Rosemary, thyme, mint, basil)
12. Clove essential oil
13. Ginger essential oil
14. Cinnamon essential oil
15. Nutmeg essential oil
16. Rosewood essential oil
17. Juniper and pine essential oil
18. Patchouli essential oil
19. Clary essential oil
20. Tree tea essential oil
