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Essential Oils: Sources, Production and Applications

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Essential oils are simply the volatile oils of plants. These are concentrated liquids contain many terpenes, alkaloids and alcohols etc. Various compounds of essential oils have bioactive properties such as antimicrobial, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-viral and anti-fungal etc. This book describes the sources of essential oils, extraction and production method, characterizing tools, bioactivity, and various applications in the field of industries, daily usage, agriculture, health, and food.

    Author(s): Rajendra Chandra Padalia, Dakeshwar Kumar Verma, Charu Arora, Pramod Kumar Mahish
    Publisher: De Gruyter
    Year: 2023

    Language: English
    Pages: 300
    City: Berlin

    Contents
    Author list
    Chapter 1 Introduction and general properties of essential oils
    Chapter 2 Essential oils, applications, and different extraction methods
    Chapter 3 Sources and raw materials of essential oils
    Chapter 4 Chemical composition of essential oils – fatty acids
    Chapter 5 Essential oils and their constituents
    Chapter 6 Extraction, production, and encapsulation of essential oils
    Chapter 7 Bioactivity of essential oils – anticancer, anti-HIV, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, and other activities
    Chapter 8 Application of essential oils in industries and daily usage
    Chapter 9 Application of essential oils in pharmaceutical industry
    Chapter 10 Application of essential oils in agriculture and veterinary
    Chapter 11 Application of essential oils in alternative medicine
    Chapter 12 Toxicity of essential oils
    Chapter 13 Essential oil screening and bioactive potential of some selected trees from temperate zone of Kumaun Himalaya Uttarakhand
    Index