{"product_id":"volatile-oil-crops-isbn-9780582078673","title":"Volatile Oil Crops","description":"Volatile (essential) oil crops yield a wide range of products - fresh and dried herbs, oils and oil components and various oleoresins. Changing lifestyles in developed countries have led to dramatic increases in demand for these products, particularly over the last decade. More varied use has been made of oils and herbs in cooking, and oil components are now being regarded as safe alternatives to synthetic food additives and crop protection substances.  \u003cp\u003eThe surge in demand for these produces has encouraged a number of temperate and mediterranean countries to evaluate a range of volatile oil-bearing species as alternative crops. This has resulted in a rapid expansion in the scientific and technical literature on culinary and medicinal herbs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolatile Oil Crops\u003c\/i\u003e draws much of this literature together for the first time. It reviews the basic botany, physiology and biochemistry of the major species and then analyses the genetics of oil composition. The effects of oils on a wide range of organisms are discussed and the book surveys the biotechnological methods which can be employed in the laboratory production of oils. It concludes with a full analysis of the world trade in the products of volatile oils.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.K.M. Hay and K.P. Svoboda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Botany 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.K.M. Hay and K.P. Svoboda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Physiology 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.K.M. Hay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Chemistry of Volatile Oils 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eP.G. Waterman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Genetics 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCh. Franz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Biological Activity of Volatile Oils 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eS.G. Deans and P.G. Waterman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Biotechnology of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eK.P. Svoboda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Commercial Aspects 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eN. Verlet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Commentary on the British Pharmacopoeia Monograph on Peppermint Oil 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBotanical Species Index 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChemical Index 183\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRobert Hay\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, Edinburgh.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Waterman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e  Volatile (essential) oil crops yield a wide range of products - fresh and dried herbs, oils and oil components and various oleoresins. Changing lifestyles in developed countries have led to dramatic increases in demand for these products, particularly over the last decade. More varied use has been made of oils and herbs in cooking, and oil components are now being regarded as safe alternatives to synthetic food additives and crop protection substances.  \u003cp\u003eThe surge in demand for these produces has encouraged a number of temperate and mediterranean countries to evaluate a range of volatile oil-bearing species as alternative crops. This has resulted in a rapid expansion in the scientific and technical literature on culinary and medicinal herbs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolatile Oil Crops\u003c\/i\u003e draws much of this literature together for the first time. It reviews the basic botany, physiology and biochemistry of the major species and then analyses the genetics of oil composition. The effects of oils on a wide range of organisms are discussed and the book surveys the biotechnological methods which can be employed in the laboratory production of oils. It concludes with a full analysis of the world trade in the products of volatile oils.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis highly informative technical handbook will be a valuable resource to all those involved, worldwide, in the development, cultivation and marketing of volatile oil crops.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990461956325,"sku":"NP9780582078673","price":195.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780582078673.jpg?v=1761787923","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/volatile-oil-crops-isbn-9780582078673","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}