Essential Oils: From Extraction to Application

Dear Colleagues,

Essential oils are a complex mixture of plant volatile compounds which are mainly terpenoids or phenolic compounds. These compounds are synthesized in dedicated cell types present in almost all parts of the plant, from roots and leaves to flowers and fruits. There is a huge difference between chemotypes of the same plant collected in different locations or different periods of time during the same day or during different maturity stages. Therefore, revealing the features of biosynthesis of some of the components of essential oils depends on various factors, such as the discovery of new chemotypes, description of new cultivars, and studies of biological activity of essential oils, and is a topical issue for agriculture, the physiology of plants, botany, pharmacognosy, pharmacy, medicine, and other fields of science.

Some essential oils are screened as potential sources of biocompounds with various biological activities, including antimicrobial, sedative, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, etc.

This Special Issue is therefore of interest not only to those involved in the cultivation and processing of aromatic plants, but also to botanists, physiologists and biochemists of plants, natural product chemists, pharmacognosists, and developers of herbal products, as well as technologists in the field of food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries.

Prof. Dr. N. Hudz
Dr. Maria Shanaida
Prof. Dr. Izabela Jasicka-Misiak
Guest Editors

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