Main description:

This book highlights the advances in essential oil research, from the plant physiology perspective to large-scale production, including bioanalytical methods and industrial applications. The book is divided into 4 sections. The first one is focused on essential oil composition and why plants produce these compounds that have been used by humans since ancient times. Part 2 presents an update on the use of essential oils in various areas, including food and pharma industries as well as agriculture. In part 3 readers will find new trends in bioanalytical methods. Lastly, part 4 presents a number of approaches to increase essential oil production, such as in vitro and hairy root culture, metabolic engineering and biotechnology. Altogether, this volume offers a comprehensive look at what researchers have been doing over the last years to better understand these compounds and how to explore them for the benefit of the society.

Contents:

Part 1 - Essential oils composition and why plants produce them

1. Essential oils

Muhammad Asif Hanif*, Shafaq Nisar, Ghufrana Samin Khan, Zahid Mushtaq and Muhammad Zubair

2. Factors influencing the production and chemical composition of essential oil in aromatic plants from Brazil

Carmen Silvia Fernandes Boaro*, Maria Aparecida Ribeiro Vieira, Felipe Girotto Campos, Gisela Ferreira, Ivan De La Cruz Chacon, Marcia Ortiz Mayo Marques

3. Hedychium Essential Oils: Composition and Uses

Hamidou F. Sakhanokho and Kanniah Rajasekaran

4. The Essential Oils of the Burseraceae

Anjanette DeCarlo, Noura S. Dosoky, Prabodh Satyal, Aaron Sorensen and William N. Setzer*

Part 2 - Uses of essential oils in various industries

5. Essential oil of betel leaf (Piper betle L.): A novel addition to the world food sector

Proshanta Guha[1] and Sujosh Nandi

6. Artemisia annua and A. afra essential oils and their therapeutic potential.

Matthew R. Desrosiers, Melissa J. Towler, Pamela J. Weathers*

7. Outstanding efficacy of essential oils against oral pathogens

Jelena Marinkovic, Tatjana Markovic, Biljana Milicic, Marina Sokovic*, Ana Ciric, Dejan Markovic

8. Chemical diversity and insecticidal and anti-tick activities of essential oils of plants from Northeast Brazil

Arie Fitzgerald Blank, Maria de Fatima Arrigoni-Blank, Leandro Bacci, Livio Martins Costa Junior, Daniela Aparecida de Castro Nizio

Part 3 - Extraction and Bioanalytical Techniques

9. Adulteration Analysis in Essential Oils

Prabodh Satyal and William N. Setzer

10. Essential Oils from Pines: Chemistry and Applications

Gaurav Kumar Silori, Naveen Kushwaha, Vimal Kumar*

Part 4 -Strategies and Technologies for Essential Oil Production

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

Juan Segura, Jesus Munoz-Bertomeu, Isabel Mendoza-Poudereux, Isabel Arrillaga

12. The phytochemical composition, biological effects, and biotechnological approaches to the production of high value essential oil from geranium

Lokesh Kumar Narnoliya, Jyoti Singh Jadaun, Sudhir P. Singh*

13. Biotechnological production of aromatic oils from plants

Aditya Banerjee and Aryadeep Roychoudhury*

14. The role of biotechnology in essential oils production from non-herbaceous plants

Yannis Gounaris