Handbook of Essential Oils: Science, Technology, and Applications presents the development, use and marketing of essential oils. Exciting new topics include insecticidal applications, but there is a continued focus on the chemistry, pharmacology and biological activities of essential oils.

The third edition unveils new chapters including the insect repellent and insecticidal activities of essential oils, the synergistic activity with antibiotics against resistant microorganisms, essential oil applications in agriculture, plant-insect interactions, and pheromones and contaminants in essential oils.

Features

Presents a wide range of topics including sources, production, analysis, storage, transport, chemistry, aromatherapy, pharmacology, toxicology, metabolism, technology, biotransformation, application, utilization, and trade
Includes discussions of biological activity testing, results of antimicrobial and antioxidant tests, and penetration enhancing activities useful in drug delivery
Covers up-to-date regulations and legislative procedures, together with the use of essential oils in perfumes, cosmetics, feed, food, beverages, and pharmaceutical industries
Unveils new chapters including the insect repellent and insecticidal activities of essential oils, the synergistic activity with antibiotics against resistant microorganisms, essential oil applications in agriculture, plant-insect interactions, and pheromones and contaminants in essential oils
The American Botanical Council (ABC) named the second edition as the recipient of the 2016 ABC James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award and recognized that essential oils are one of the fastest growing segments of the herbal product market

Chapter 1: Introduction

K. Hüsnü Can Baser and Gerhard Buchbauer

Chapter 2: History and Sources of Essential Oil Research

Karl-Heinz Kubeczka

Chapter 3: Sources of Essential Oils

Chlodwig Franz and Johannes Novak

Chapter 4: Natural Variability of Essential Oil Components

Eva Nemeth-Zambori

Chapter 5: Production of Essential Oils

Erich Schmidt

Chapter 6: Chemistry of Essential Oils

Charles Sell

Chapter 7: Analysis of Essential Oils

Adriana Arigo, Mariosimone Zoccali, Danilo Sciarrone, Peter Q. Tranchida, Paola Dugo and Luigi Mondello

Chapter 8: Use of Linear Retention Indices in GC/MS Libraries for Essential Oil Analysis

Emanuela Trovato, Giuseppe Micalizzi, Paola Duga, Margita Utczas, and Luigi Mondello

Chapter 9: Safety Evaluation of Essential Oils

Sean V. Taylor

Chapter 10: Metabolism of Terpenoids in Animal Models and Humans

Walter Jaeger and Martina Hoferl

Chapter 11: Central Nervous System Effects of Essential Oil Compounds

Elaine Elisabetsky and Domingos Savio Nunes

Chapter 12: Effects of Essential Oils on Human Cognition

Eva Heuberger

Chapter 13: Aromatherapy: An Overview and Global Perspectives

Rhiannon Lewis

Chapter 14: Essential Oils in Cancer Therapy

Carmen Trummer and Gerhard Buchbauer

Chapter 15: Antimicrobial Activity of Selected Essential Oils and Aroma Compounds against Airborne Microbes

Sabine Krist

Chapter 16: Quorum Sensing and Essential Oils

Isobel Charlotte Soede and Gerhard Buchbauer

Chapter 17: Functions of Essential Oils and Natural Volatiles in Plant-Insect Interactions

Robert A. Raguso

Chapter 18: Essential Oils as Lures for Invasive Ambrosia Beetles

Paul E. Kendra, Nurhayat Tabanca, Wayne S. Montgomery, Jerome Niogret, David Owens, and Daniel Carrillo

Chapter 19: Adverse Effects and Intoxication with Essential Oils

Rosa Lemmens-Gruber

Chapter 20: Adulteration of Essential Oils

Erich Schmidt and Jürgen Wanner

Chapter 21: Essential Oils and Volatiles in Bryophytes

Agnieczka Ludwiczuk and Yoshinori Asakawa

Chapter 22: Biotransformation of Monoterpenoids by Microorganisms, Insects, and Mammals

Yoshiaki Noma and Yoshinori Asakawa

Chapter 23: Biotransformation of Sesquiterpenoids, Ionones, Damascones, Adamantanes, and Aromatic Compounds by Green Algae, Fungi, and Mammals

Yoshinori Asakawa and Yoshiaki Noma

Chapter 24: Use of Essential Oils in Agriculture

Catherine Regnault-Roger, Susanne Hemetsberger, and Gerhard Buchbauer

Chapter 25: Essential Oils Used in Veterinary Medicine

K. Hüsnü Can Baser and Chlodwig Franz

Chapter 26: Encapsulation and Other Programmed/ Sustained Release Techniques for Essential Oils and Volatile Terpenes

Jan Karlsen

Chapter 27: Essential Oils as Carrier Oils

Romana Aichinger and Gerhard Buchbauer

Chapter 28: Influence of Light on Essential Oil Constituents

Marie-Christine Cudlik and Gerhard Buchbauer

Chapter 29: Influence of Air on Essential Oil Constituents

Darija Gajic and Gerhard Buchbauer

Chapter 30: The Essential Oil Trade

Hugo Bovill

Chapter 31: Industrial Uses of Essential Oils

W.S. Brud

Chapter 32: Storage, Labeling, and Transport of Essential Oils

Jens Jankowski, Jens-Achim Protzen, and Klaus-Dieter Protzen

Chapter 33: Recent EU Legislation on Flavors and Fragrances and Its Impact on Essential Oils

Jan C.R. Demyttenaere