Lavender (eBook, PDF)

The Genus Lavandula
Redaktion: Lis-Balchin, Maria

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Lavandula species are mainly grown for their essential oils, which are used in perfumery, cosmetics, food processing and aromatherapy products, and for their use as ornamental plants and ingredients in numerous cottage industry products. Certain types of lavender oil have also been shown to have antimicrobial and antifungal properties. The dried fl

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780203216521
• Artikelnr.: 38164056

Autorenporträt

Maria Lis-Balchin

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction. The Taxonomy of Lavandula. History and Usage of
Lavandula Species. History of Nomenclature of Lavandula Species, Hybrids
and Cultivars. Lavender Growing in England for Essential Oil Production.
The Retail Lavender Nursery. Lavender Growing in Australia. Naming and
Misnaming of Lavender Cultivars. Phytochemistry of the genus Lavandula.
Distillation of the Lavender Type Oils: Theory and Practice. Lavender
Essential Oil: Standardization, ISO; Adulteration and its Detection using
GC, Enantiomeric Columns and Bioactivity. Lavender Oil and its Therapeutic
Properties. Pharmacology of Lavandula Essential Oils and Extracts in vitro
and in vivo. The Psychological Effects of Lavender. Antimicrobial
Properties of Lavender Volatile Oil. Lavender Oil and its Use in
Aromatherapy. Perfumery Uses of Lavender and Lavendin Oils. Miscellaneous
Uses of Lavender and Lavender Oil: Use in Hair Products, Food Flavoring,
Tissanes, Herbal Pillows and Medicinal Products. New Research into
Lavandula Species Hybrids and Cultivars. Further Research into Lavandula
Species Cell Cultures of L. vera and Rosmarinic Acid Production. Lavandula
x heterophylla and L. x allardii: A Puzzling Complex. Comparative Study of
Essential Oil Quantity and Composition from Ten Cultivars of Organically
Grown Lavender and Lavendin. Chemical Profiles of Lavender Oils and
Pharmacology. Chemical Composition of Essential Oils from Different
Species, Hybrids and Cultivars of Lavandula.