Book description
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. 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.
