Essential Oils in Foods: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century

Foods. 2016 Jun 14;5(2):43. doi: 10.3390/foods5020043.

Abstract

Medicinal plants and culinary herbs have been used since ancient times. Essential oils (EO) are a mixture of numerous compounds, mainly terpenes, alcohols, acids, esters, epoxides, aldehydes, ketones,aminesandsulfides,thatareprobablyproducedbyplantsasaresponsetostress[1].[...].

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