Essential Oils as Reagents in Green Chemistry

This brief provides a valuable reference for the contribution of essential oils in the green chemistry, mainly in terms of their characteristics corresponding to their compositions, the development of their extraction technologies including both conventional and green process (e.g. microwave, ultrasound), and their sustainable applications as antioxidants, antimicrobials, insecticides, green solvents and synthons for the green synthesis.

List of contents

History, localization and chemical composition.- Essential oils: from conventional to green extraction.- Essential oils as antioxidants.- Essential oils as antimicrobials.- Essential oils as insecticides.- Essential oils as green solvents.- Essential oils as synthons for green chemistry.

Product details

• Authors: Farid Chemat, Anne-Sylvie Fabiano-Tixier, Ying Li
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2014
• EAN: 9783319084480
• ISBN: 978-3-31-908448-0
• No. of pages: 71
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 158 g
• Illustrations: X, 71 p. 28 illus., 19 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science; SpringerBriefs in Green Chemistry for Sustainability
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Chemical engineering; Nachhaltigkeit, Organische Chemie, C, Sustainability, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Sustainable Development, Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Green Extraction