Author(s): Lawrence, B. M.

Publisher address: 336 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188-2403, USA; Allured Publishing Corp. Tel. +1 (630) 653-2155. Fax +1 (630) 653-2487. E-mail books@allured.com. www.allured.com. Price USD 169.00

Publication Year: 2008

Refs: many ref.

Language(s): English

ISBN: 9781932633412

This book comprises reprints of a series of review articles covering 68 essential oils published in Perfumer & Flavorist magazine, under the title Progress in essential oils, during the period 2005–2007. For each essential oil, compositional data are provided for oils differing in terms of their geographical origin, the part of the plant from which the oil is obtained and/or the method by which the oil is obtained. The essential oils considered are: ajowan, ambrette seed, angelica root and seeds, arrayan, Australian sandalwood, basil, bay, betel leaf, bitter orange, calendula, camphor-rich, caraway, cardamom, carrot, cascarilla, cedar leaf, celery leaves and seeds, chamomile, Cinnamomum camphora, citronella, clementine, clove, combava peel, curry leaf, dwarf pine, Eucalyptus, fennel, galangal, galbanum, genet, geranium, ginger, grapefruit, jamrosa, jasmin, juniper berry, kewda or keora, lemon, lemon myrtle, linalool-rich, Litsea cubeba, mace, Madagascan Helichrysum, mandarin, marjoram, myrtle, parsley leaf, patchouli, pimento berry and leaf, rose oil, rose-de-mai, rosemary, sambac, Santolina, Scots pine, Spanish sage, spike lavender, Lavandula stoechas, styrax, Tagetes, tangerine, tansy, tea tree, Western red cedar leaf and ylang-ylang oils. Also included (pp. 182–199) is a paper entitled Commercial essential oils: truth and consequences which examines essential oil compositional variation, processing and identification. A 2-pp. index is provided.

Section: Additives, spices and condiments

Keywords: BOOKS; COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL OILS; REVIEWS

Pages: 201pp.

Book

Accession number: 2009-04-Te0671

Date added: 9-Feb-2009

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