Volatile Oil Crops: Their Biology, Biochemistry and Production
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Volatile (essential) oil crops yield a wide range of products -fresh and dried herbs, oils and oil components and variousoleoresins. Changing lifestyles in developed countries have led todramatic increases in demand for these products, particularly overthe last decade. More varied use has been made of oils and herbs incooking, and oil components are now being regarded as safealternatives to synthetic food additives and crop protectionsubstances.
The surge in demand for these produces has encouraged a numberof temperate and mediterranean countries to evaluate a range ofvolatile oil-bearing species as alternative crops. This hasresulted in a rapid expansion in the scientific and technicalliterature on culinary and medicinal herbs.
Volatile Oil Crops draws much of this literature togetherfor the first time. It reviews the basic botany, physiology andbiochemistry of the major species and then analyses the genetics ofoil composition. The effects of oils on a wide range of organismsare discussed and the book surveys the biotechnological methodswhich can be employed in the laboratory production of oils. Itconcludes with a full analysis of the world trade in the productsof volatile oils.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0582078679
ISBN13:9780582078673
Release Date:June 1995
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
Length:200 Pages
Weight:1.37 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"
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