Abstract
Since the Middle Ages, citrus essential oils (EOs) have been widely used for their bactericidal, virucidal, fungicidal, antiparasitical, insecticidal, medicinal and cosmetic proprieties. Also nowadays, they find important applications in pharmaceutical, sanitary, cosmetic, agricultural and food industries. The best method to extract EOs from citrus plant tissue is steam distillation because of a variety of extracted volatile molecules such as terpenes and terpenoids, phenol-derived aromatic components and aliphatic components. In vitro physicochemical assays classify most of them as antioxidants.
Keywords: Peel oils, Neroli oils, Petitgrain, Application of EOs, Taxonomical markers, Antimicrobial activity.
Current Organic Chemistry
Title:Current and Potential Use of Citrus Essential Oils
Volume: 17 Issue: 24
Author(s): Eristanna Palazzolo, Vito Armando Laudicina and Maria Antonietta Germanà
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Keywords: Peel oils, Neroli oils, Petitgrain, Application of EOs, Taxonomical markers, Antimicrobial activity.
Abstract: Since the Middle Ages, citrus essential oils (EOs) have been widely used for their bactericidal, virucidal, fungicidal, antiparasitical, insecticidal, medicinal and cosmetic proprieties. Also nowadays, they find important applications in pharmaceutical, sanitary, cosmetic, agricultural and food industries. The best method to extract EOs from citrus plant tissue is steam distillation because of a variety of extracted volatile molecules such as terpenes and terpenoids, phenol-derived aromatic components and aliphatic components. In vitro physicochemical assays classify most of them as antioxidants.
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Palazzolo Eristanna, Armando Laudicina Vito and Antonietta Germanà Maria, Current and Potential Use of Citrus Essential Oils, Current Organic Chemistry 2013; 17 (24) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/13852728113179990122
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/13852728113179990122 |
Print ISSN 1385-2728 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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