Mint (eBook, ePUB)

The Genus Mentha
Redaktion: Lawrence, Brian M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For thousands of years mint has enjoyed an honored place in pharmacopoeias and kitchen cupboards in India, China, Europe, North America, and elsewhere. Today the amount of essential oils produced from the four major mint species (cornmint, peppermint, Native spearmint, and Scotch spearmint) exceeds 23,000 metric tonnes annually with a market value

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040062883
• Artikelnr.: 73206235

Autorenporträt

Brian M. Lawrence

Inhaltsangabe

Mentha: An Overview of its Classification and Relationships
Anatomy
Physiology
Biosynthesis
Molecular Biology
Tissue Culture and Biotechnology of Mint Essential Oil Production
Commercial Mint Species Grown in the United States
The Cultivation of Mints in India
Production of Mint in China
The Distillation of Mint Oils
The Composition of Commercially Important Mints
Oil Composition of the Other Mentha Species and Hybrids
World Production and Quality Control of Mint Oils and Their Commercially Important Isolates
Natural and Synthetic Menthol
The Genuineness of Mint Oils
Biological and Toxicological Properties of Mint Oils and Their Major Isolates: Safety Assessment
Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils and Constituents of Mentha Species
Mentha: Economic Uses