Essential Oils 2022: Bridging the Gap Between Chemistry and Biological Activities
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 1035
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutraceuticals; phytochemicals; secondary metabolites; natural products; essential oils; citrus; LC-MS; HRGC/HRMS
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Essential oils (EOs) are highly complex chemical mixtures involving several hundreds of individual volatile compounds that are extracted from aromatic and fruit plants and are responsible for their characteristic aroma. The complex composition of any EO may depend on which plant part is used; they are also subject to frequent seasonally and geographically driven fluctuations.
EOs have been widely used for flavouring food and drink, pharmaceutical products, and fragrances for cosmetic and beauty products. EOs and their constituents have received increasing attention as a good source of several bioactive compounds that possess antioxidative, antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-parasitic and antiviral properties. The biological activities of EOs are strictly linked to their chemical composition. Recently, innovative analytical techniques have considerably progressed the identification of new compounds in EOs with different activities.
In this Special Issue, we intend to invite frontline researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on the topic of EOs, prospecting their chemical composition, biological activity and future trends of their uses in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
Special Issue articles should fulfil all the normal requirements of any individual Molecules article and should be of relevance to a wide international readership. Authors should note that the same quality, originality, and significance criteria apply to articles in Special Issues.
Dr. Domenico Cautela
Dr. Bruna Laratta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- essential oils
- chemical characterization
- volatile constituents
- natural products
- biological activities in vitro and in vivo
- essential oil mechanism of action
- GC-MS
- LC-MS
