Aromatic Plants: Basic and Applied Aspects

✍ Scribed by A. M. Bosabalidis, I. Tsekos (auth.), Nikos Margaris, Arthur Koedam, Despina Vokou (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 280
• Series: World Crops: Production, Utilization, and Description 7
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The use of aromatic plants has been practised since ancient times as is evidenced by records of Chinese, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman origin; recent findings in Pakistan prove that it goes as far back as 5000 years. Accordingly, the importance and value ascribed to them were always high. Either as a medicine, a foodstuff, a seasoning, a cosmetic or an element of religious rituals the aromatic plant was indispensable. It is not to be forgotten that desire tor the riches of India - spices among which - and the struggle to monopolize the trade of the latter con­ tributed to the opening of new sea routes, discovering of continents and altering the picture of the known world. With the advent of modern civilization, characterized by scientific and technological development which dIverted estimation and consumption towards artificial products, aromatic plants experienced a temporary de­ cline of use retaining, however, theIr importance In sectors such as the culinary art and cosmetics industry.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ultrastructure of the Essential Oil Secretion in Glandular Scales of Origanum dictamnus L. Leaves....Pages 3-12
Leaf Morphology of Thymus capitatus (Labiatae) by Scanning Electron Microscopy....Pages 13-24
Inula Hairs — Structure, Ultrastructure and Secretion....Pages 25-37
Pollen Morphology of the Genus Origanum L. and Allied Genera....Pages 39-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Volatile Oils as Allelopathic Agents....Pages 59-72
Artemisia tridentata Monoterpenoid Effect on Ruminant Digestion and Forage Selection....Pages 73-86
Productivity of Aromatic Plants: Climatic Models....Pages 87-99
A Taxonomic Revision of Sideritis L. Section Empedoclia (Rafin.) Bentham (Labiatae) in Greece....Pages 101-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Morphological, Cytological and Chemical Investigations of Mentha spicata L. in Greece....Pages 131-140
Distribution of Flavonoids as Chemotaxonomic Markers in the Genus Origanum L. and Related Genera in Labiatae....Pages 141-152
New Chemical Markers within Artemisia (Compositae-Anthemidae)....Pages 153-163
Chemical Investigations of Essential Oils of Umbellifers....Pages 165-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
13 C-NMR Analysis of Essential Oils....Pages 177-181
Qualitative Evaluation of Aromatic Herbs by Direct Head Space (GC) 2 Analysis. Applications of the Method and Comparison with the Traditional Analysis of Essential Oils....Pages 183-195
The Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil Obtained from Satureja Kitaibelii Wierzb. ap. Heuff....Pages 197-202
The Essential Oil from Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus ....Pages 203-206
Atractylodes lancea DC. (Compositae). Contribution on the Constituents of the Essential Oil....Pages 207-210
Chemotaxonomy of the Greek Species of Sideritis I. Components of the volatile fraction of Sideritis raeseri ssp. raeseri ....Pages 211-220
The Terpenes of the Essential Oil of Myrrh....Pages 221-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
The Influence of Some Distillation Conditions on Essential Oil Composition....Pages 229-236
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Variations in Yield Parameters in a Wild Population of Origanum vulgare L.....Pages 237-248
The Production of Aromatic Plants in the Pancalieri Area....Pages 249-254
Some Potentially Important Indigenous Aromatic Plants for the Eastern Seaboard Areas of Southern Africa....Pages 255-263
Labiatae as Medicinal Plants in Israel....Pages 265-269
New Pharmacologically Important Flavonoids of Thymus vulgaris ....Pages 271-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-283

✦ Subjects

Food Science