Citrus Essential Oils - by Masayoshi Sawamura (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Commercially used for food flavorings, toiletry products, cosmetics, and perfumes, among others, citrus essential oil has recently been applied physiologically, like for chemoprevention against cancer and in aromatherapy. Citrus Essential Oils: Flavor and Fragrance presents an overview of citrus essential oils, covering the basics, methodology, and applications involved in recent topics of citrus essential oils research. The concepts, analytical methods, and properties of these oils are described and the chapters detail techniques for oil extraction, compositional analysis, functional properties, and industrial uses. This book is an unparalleled resource for food and flavor scientists and chemists.

From the Back Cover

International perspectives on new discoveries, techniques, and applications in citrus essential oil research

Citrus essential oils are the most popular among all natural essential oils. Commercially, the oils are used to flavor foods and to scent toiletries, cosmetics, and perfumes. Recently, researchers have also discovered that citrus essential oils have important chemopreventive properties.

Written by a team of international experts in citrus essential oil research, this book reviews the scientific concepts, basic and advanced analytical methods, and diverse properties of these oils. Readers will discover a broad range of new techniques as well as new and emerging industrial and health care applications. Following an introductory chapter, the book covers such topics as:

• Techniques for oil extraction, including distillation, microwave, solvent, and solid-phase microextraction

• Sensory and compositional analysis

• Enantiomeric and stable isotope analysis

• Gas chromatography-olfactometry and aroma-active components in citrus essential oils

• Functional properties, including antioxidative, chemopreventive, and antimicrobial properties

• Applications in aromatherapy for health and well-being

With contributions from researchers in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, this publication offers a unique international perspective on citrus essential oil research and its applications. References in each chapter support further in-depth investigation of individual topics.

Citrus Essential Oils is written for professionals and students working in the food sciences, flavor chemistry, and aromatherapy. Its coverage of the latest research findings, techniques, and applications sets the foundation for new discoveries and a broad range of new uses of citrus essential oils.

About the Author

MASAYOSHI SAWAMURA, PhD, is Professor of Food Science at Kochi University, Japan. For more than thirty years, his research has focused on citrus essential oils, including analytical methods, aroma evaluation, and functional properties. Dr. Sawamura has published more than 200 original research papers.