Standard Blurb: This book provides a comprehensive compilation of past, present and future perspectives of essential oils focusing on its properties such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancerous, toxicology, and chemical composition. It also discusses competency of essential oil in treating disorders like diabetes, insomnia, depression, nausea, anxiety, and stress and other practical topics obligatory for the development of essential oils industry. This book would be useful for biochemists, aromatherapists, agrotechnologists, and nutritionists.
Salient features:
1. Discusses phytochemistry and pharmacological applications of essential oils obtained from medicinal plants such as turmeric, Nigella sativa, basil, cinnamon and lemon.
2. Explores phytophenols potential, one of the components of essential oils, in developing metal phenolic networks.
3. Reviews encapsulation of essential oils for various applications in drug delivery system provides a wider range of research fields.
4. Discusses role of essential oils in handling the health problems such as Diabetes and Insomnia.
5. Explores pharmacological applications of Brazil and other countries aromatic plants with a discussion on biochemistry.
About the Author:
Dr. Sunita Singh is an Assistant professor of Chemistry in the Navyug Kanya Mahavidyalaya, University of Lucknow since 2019. She pursued her Ph.D. in the year 2015 on the topic, "Chemistry, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oils and oleoresins of spices" from DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. She has awarded with Junior Research and senior research fellowships from University Grant Commission. She has presented her work in various global online events.
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia is working as an Assistant Professor in P.G. Department of Chemistry, L.S. College, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur since 2017. He has been awarded with RA-CSIR by CSIR-New Delhi and has worked in Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru NIT, Allahabad/Prayagraj, India. He has also worked as 'Guest Faculty' in Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad (A Central University of India). He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 2014. During Ph.D., he had received CSIR-JRF (NET) and CSIR-SRF(NET). He had also qualified a reputed National Eligibility Test as CSIR-JRF(NET).
Shashi Lata Bharati is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry, NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh since 2015. Before this, she has worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow (UGC New Delhi awarded fellowship) in Department of Chemistry, DDU Gorakhpur University. She had also taught as Assistant professor (contract) in Department of Chemistry, DVNDC Gorakhpur. She received her Ph.D. in 2012. During Ph.D., she was awarded as UGC-DSA fellow for the meritorious students
