Essential Oil Research, Gebunden

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Preface.- Part 1. Essential oils composition and why plants produce them.- Chapter 1. Essential oils.- Chapter 2. Factors influencing the production and chemical composition of essential oil in aromatic plants from Brazil.- Chapter 3. Hedychium Essential Oils: Composition and Uses.- Chapter 4. The Essential Oils of the Burseraceae.- Part 2. Uses of essential oils in various industries.- Chapter 5. Essential oil of betel leaf (Piper betle L.): A novel addition to the world food sector.- Chapter 6. Artemisia annua and A. afra essential oils and their therapeutic potential.- Chapter 7. Outstanding Efficacy of Essential Oils Against Oral Pathogens.- Chapter 8. Chemical diversity and insecticidal and anti-tick activities of essential oils of plants from Northeast Brazil.- Part 3. Extraction and Bioanalytical Techniques.- Chapter 9. Adulteration Analysis in Essential Oils.- Chapter 10. Essential Oils from Pines: Chemistry and Applications.- Part 4. Strategies and Technologies for Essential Oil Production.- Chapter 11. Biotechnological approaches to increase essential oil yield and quality in aromatic plants: the Lavandula latifolia (Spike lavender) example. Past and recommendations for the future.- Chapter 12. The phytochemical composition, biological effects, and biotechnological pproaches to the production of high value essential oil from geranium.- Chapter 13. Biotechnological production of aromatic oils from plants.- Chapter 14. The role of biotechnology in essential oils production from non-herbaceous plants.- Chapter 15. Eremothecium oil biotechnology as a novel technology for the modern essential oil production.- Index.