Plant Essential Oils From Traditional to Modern-day Application

This book is a comprehensive collection of information on essential oils and their industrial application. It provides reader with a systematic and advanced knowledge of the role of essential oils as natural preservatives and therapeutic agents. Food and pharmaceuticals are two important pillars of...

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Other Authors: Prakash, Bhanu (Editor), Dubey, Nawal Kishore (Editor), Freitas Brilhante de São José, Jackline (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Essential oils: From traditional to modern-day applications with special reference to medicinal and aromatic plants in India
  • Chapter 2. Extraction and chemotypic standardization of plant essential oils with special reference to phytochemical genomics
  • Chapter 3. Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils: A Mechanistic Approach
  • Chapter 4. Mechanistic investigation on antibacterial activity of essential oils against resistant bacteria species
  • Chapter 5. Essential oils against fruit spoilage fungi
  • Chapter 6. Essential oils: A Natural weapon against Mycotoxins in Food
  • Chapter 7. Essential oils against the bio-deteriorating insect pests of stored food commodities
  • Chapter 8. Application of plant essential oils in pharma and aroma industries
  • Chapter 9. Application of microbial consortia and biofertilizer to improve the quality and yield of essential oils in aromatic plants
  • Chapter 10. Effect of environmental factors on essential oils biosynthesis, chemical stability,and yields
  • Chapter 11. Role of biotechnology and combinatorial chemistry approaches in molecular assisted engineering of plant volatile compounds
  • Chapter 12. Application of mathematical modelling and statistical approaches to boost the industrial application of plant-volatiles
  • Chapter 13. Prospects of bioinformatics and data acquirement tools in boosting the application of phytochemicals in food sciences
  • Chapter 14. Recent advances in nanotechnological approaches to enhance the industrial application of essential oils and their application in food packaging