Essential Oils: Applications and Trends in Food Science and Technology
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030994759 | 471 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 37 MB
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030994759 | 471 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 37 MB
Over the centuries humans have used essential oils in the most diverse applications, mainly medicinal, and as sources of bioactive molecules. They have been used in different industrial sectors, such as the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, cosmetics and more recently in the food industry. Due to new research in the field of food science and technology, new sources of bioactive compounds have been described, as they have been shown to be a viable alternative for applications in biofilms, nano emulsions, natural antioxidants, control of microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria and protozoa that can be pathological for human health.