Overview
- Covers different aspects of traditional to modern-day applications of essential oils
- Highlights the recent advances in essential oils research in food and pharmaceutical sciences
- Includes, phytochemical genomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, mathematical modeling, and nanotechnology application
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About this book
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 human civilization. Plant essential oils and their volatile compounds have been used for preservation as well as for the treatment of human illness for long as traditional practices in biodiversity-rich countries. This book deals with the potential uses of essential oils against insect pests and spoilage microbes of agri-food commodities such as pulses, cereal, fruits, and their shelved products. It also highlights the molecular-assisted engineering of plant essential oils, the pharma-kinetic facet, and their potential in pharmaceutical and aromatherapy. In addition, the book covers recent advances in science and technology such as extraction methods, metabolomics, phytochemical genomics, bioinformatics, conformational dynamics, mathematical modeling, and nanotechnology application. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, food scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Also, it serves as an additional reading material for undergraduate and postgraduate students of agriculture, food, and pharmaceutical sciences.
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Bhanu Prakash, Ph.D., FLS, MNASc is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has over ten years of research experience in post-harvest management of stored food grains. He has published 90 research article including chapters, one national patent, and edited three books with above 4950 citations and h-index 36. He is also listed among the world's top 2% scientists (food science category 2020, 2021) by Stanford University, USA.
Prof. N. K. Dubey received his Ph.D., degree in Botany from Gorakhpur university, Uttar Pradesh India. He has thirty-eight years of research experience in the area of essential oils-based pesticides at Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has published 360 papers, four national patents and listed among the World’s top 2 % list of scientists (Category: Food Science 2020, 2021) by Stanford University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Essential Oils
Book Subtitle: From Traditional to Modern-day Application
Editors: Bhanu Prakash, Nawal Kishore Dubey, Jackline Freitas Brilhante de São José
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4370-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4369-2Published: 10 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4372-2Due: 23 December 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-4370-8Published: 09 December 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 352
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology