Cocking Oils

A clear-cut guide to understanding the curative power of plant essences, A Beginner's Guide to Essential Oils teaches you how to use essential oils safely and concoct your own therapeutic blends.

Fruit Oils: Chemistry and Functionality presents a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the chemistry and functionality of lipid bioactive phytochemicals found in fruit oils. The chapters in this text examine the composition, physicochemical characteristics and organoleptic attributes of each of the major fruit oils. The nutritional quality, oxidative stability, and potential food and non-foodapplications of these oils are also extensively covered. The potential health benefits of the bioactive lipids found in these fruit oils are also a focus of this text. For each oil presented, the levels of omega-9, omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids are specified, indicating the level of health-promoting traits exhibited in each.

This book looks at research topics dealing with isolation, purification, and identification of active ingredients of essential oils from plants. This knowledge will provide significant information about essential oils to researchers and others interested in the field.

This book presents new information on the extraction and application of essential oils in various industrial segments.

A practical guide to the topical application of essential oils for physical and emotional health and healing