Pharmacological Aspects of Essential Oils

Current and Future Trends

Sunita Singh, Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia, Shashi Lata Bharati, Sunita Singh, Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia, Shashi Lata Bharati

• Editorial: CRC Press
• Año: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781003806882
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Medizin
• Categoría: Pharmakologie

Pharmacological Aspects of Essential Oils: Current and Future Trends provides a collection of therapeutic and pharmacological applications of the most researched essential oils of great importance derived from Clove, Cinnamon, Coriander, Turmeric, Thymus zygis, Thyme vulgaris, Ocimum basilicum, Copaifera spp, and Nigella sativa species. The new approach towards using a metal phenolic network with the essential oils as a tool of nanomedicine will surely open a new horizon for the research community. Treating disorders such as diabetes, insomnia, and obesity with essential oils will provide a new area of research. Aromatherapy, which is creating a market especially in the personal health care sector, is also discussed in the book. The relation between chemical composition and different biological properties is well discussed in respective chapters. The other practical topics related to the development of this industry of essential oils have been illustrated with elaborative figures and tables.

Providing such updated data on the pharmacological applications of essential oils is an asset to the community associated with the extraction and production of essential oils, biochemist, aromatherapist, agrotechnologists, and nutritionist fraternities.

Salient Features:

• Metal phenolic networks and essential oils as tool of nanomedicine
• Role of essential oils in aromatherapy
• Sophisticated development of various advanced techniques in the characterization of essential oils
• Pharmacological applications of Brazilian aromatic species
• Role of essential oils in management of diabetes, obesity, and insomnia

Índice

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Editor Bios
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Sources and Processes (Production and Post-Production Operations) Involved in the Production of Essential Oils
• Chapter 2 Technological Advancement for the Chemical Characterization of Essential Oils
• Chapter 3 Sophisticated Development of Various Advanced Techniques Employed in the Characterization of Essential Oils and Their Pharmaceutical Preparation
• Chapter 4 Components of Essential Oils as Building Blocks of Functional Materials for Nanomedicine: Metal-Phenolic Networks and Self-Assembly Approaches
• Chapter 5 Beneficial Effects of Essential Oils in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity
• Chapter 6 Essential Oils for Insomnia: Power in Health Promoting and Quality of Life
• Chapter 7 Role of Egyptian Essential Oils in Health Care and Industry
• Chapter 8 Aromatherapy: An Integrative Therapy of Essential Oils
• Chapter 9 Pharmacological Applications of Brazilian Aromatic Species: Aniba Rosaeodora Ducke, Casearia Sylvestris Sw., Spilanthes Acmella Var. Oleracea (L.), and Xylopia Aromatica (Lam.) Mart
• Chapter 10 Pharmacological Aspects and Chemical Characterization of Syzygium Aromaticum: Current and Future Trends
• Chapter 11 Advanced Anticancer Application of Thymus Zygis Essential Oil (EOT)
• Chapter 12 Cinnamon Oil: An Insight into Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Potential
• Chapter 13 Pharmacological Aspects of Ocimum Basilicum Essential Oil: Current and Future Trends
• Chapter 14 Exploration of the Pharmacological Aspects of Thyme Vulgaris Essential Oil (TEO)
• Chapter 15 Copaifera Oil-Resin as a Potential Therapeutic Source
• Chapter 16 Pharmacological Aspects of Turmeric Essential Oil
• Chapter 17 Pharmacological Aspects of Coriander Essential Oils
• Chapter 18 Nigella Sativa L. – A Note on Phytochemistry, Extraction, Pharmacological Activities, and Therapeutic Utility
• Chapter 19 An Update of Anticancer Application of Essential Oils
• Index