Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Extraction Methods and Chemistry of Volatile Oils (Essential Oils)
(Sunita Singh, Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia and Shashi Lata Bharati – Department of Chemistry, Navyug Kanya Mahavidyalaya, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, et al.)
Chapter 2. Monoterpene and Sesquiterpenes from Volatile Oils: Source and Applications
(Urvashi and Ramandeep Kaur – Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India)
Chapter 3. Volatile Oils and Their Applications
(Smita G. Bhat – P. G. Department of studies in Botany, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India)
Chapter 4. Volatile Oils: Role in Industrial Application
(Sundaresan Bhavaniramya, Selvaraju Vishnupriya, Ramar Vanajothi and Dharmar Baskaran – College of Food and Dairy Technology, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University, Chennai, et al.)
Chapter 5. Brazilian Medicinal and Aromatic Plants as a Potential Source of Volatile Oil
(Marcos Roberto Furlan, Daniel Garcia and Fábio Vitório Sussa – Department of Agriculture Science, University of Taubaté, Taubaté, Brazil, et al.)
Chapter 6. Some Essential Oils with Nutritional, Pharmaceutical and other Properties
(Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia, Shashi Lata Bharati, Sunita Singh, Mithu Yadav and Ashutosh Mani – P.G. Department of Chemistry, L.S. College (Constituent Unit of B.R.A. Bihar University), Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, et al.)
Chapter 7. The “Other Vassoura Oil” and Volatile Fractions from Baccharis uncinella DC. (Asteraceae) as Potential Sources for Flavor and Fragrance Industry
(Manuel Minteguiaga, César A. N. Catalán, Eduardo Cassel and Eduardo Dellacassa – Laboratorio de Biotecnología de Aromas, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Montevideo, Uruguay, et al.)
Chapter 8. Health Benefits and Nutraceutical Values of Cumin and Its Essential Oil
(Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia, Shashi Lata Bharati, Sunita Singh, Mithu Yadav and Ashutosh Mani – P.G. Department of Chemistry, L. S. College (Constituent Unit of B.R.A. Bihar University) Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, et al.)
Chapter 9. Applications of Volatile (Essential) Oils in Human Health: Biodegradable Biomaterials
(Maira Tosato, Marcos Bertuola, Natalia Fagali, Valentina Cajiao Checchin, Ariel González and Mónica Fernández Lorenzo de Mele – Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), CCT La Plata, CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, La Plata, Argentina, et al.)
Chapter 10. Applications of Volatile (Essential) Oils in Human Health: Cosmetic and Dental Applications
(Maira Tosato, Ariel González, Valentina Cajiao Checchin, Marcos Bertuola, Natalia Fagali and Mónica Fernández Lorenzo de Mele – Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), CCT La Plata, CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina, et al.)
Chapter 11. Essential Oils as Potential Antibiofilm Agents: Insights into the Key Role of Thymbra capitata to Fight Biofilm-Associated Infections
(Joana Castro, Lígia Salgueiro and Nuno Cerca – Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB), Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira (LIBRO), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, et al.)
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