Many essential oils are extracted, analysed and their main components are identified,
characterised and then published without any biological testing whatsoever. Their useful …

In the last few years more and more studies on the biological properties of essential oils
have been published and it seemed worthwhile to compile the studies of 2009, 2008 and the …

This review describes the potential uses of essential oils from temperate aromatic plants.
The constituents of the oils are mainly monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons with …

Plant and plant-derived natural products have a long and significant history in traditional
medicine all over the world. Many studies in the recent past years focused on the benefic …

In order to establish the value of the use of biological activities as accessory criteria (in
conjunction with gas chromatography, but in the absence of enantiomeric analysis) for …

Essential oil, sent by nature, is a complex mixture of volatile secondary metabolites. Its
composition varies along with many parameters that can lead to misunderstanding of its …

The bioactivity of essential oils and their flavor and fragrance components have been known
since ancient times. Essential oils are a mixture of numerous compounds characterized by …

Secondary metabolites from plant organisms have always been excellent options for the
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. Essential oils are a type of metabolites found …

Essential oils and their volatile constituents are used widely to prevent and treat human
disease. The possible role and mode of action of these natural products is discussed with …

Essential oils are products obtained from plants, by steam distillation, mechanical processes
of citrus fruit epicarp, or dry distillation after separation of the aqueous phase by physical …