Essential Oils: Extraction, Chemical Composition, and Bioactivities
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Analysis of Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 39
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food chemistry; bioactive compounds; extraction
Interests: analytical chemistry; food chemistry; food packaging; waste and by-product valorization; innovative extraction technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Essential oils are a mixture of volatile compounds such as monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, alcohols, esters, ketones and phenols. Their chemical composition can vary greatly depending on the plant or hydro-distillation process. The aim of this Special Issue is to publish new research on methods for the identification of new sources of essential oils; the development and optimization of more efficient methods for the extraction of essential oils from plant sources, including hydro-distillation, microwave and solvent extraction, and supercritical fluid extraction; and various pretreatments of plants such as ultrasonic or enzymatic extraction prior to the hydro-distillation process. Other topics of interest include optimized and new methods for quality control and sustainable production; and especially various applications in which essential oils can be used, as well as new applications for bioactive molecules in nutraceuticals.
Prof. Dr. Maja Dent
Dr. Antonela Ninčević Grassino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive compounds
- volatile compounds
- essential oils
- hydro-distillation
- enzymatic extraction
- ultrasonic extraction
- plant food waste.
