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Essential oils and fragrance compounds: bioactivity and mechanisms of action
Author(s) -
Lahlou Mouhssen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1288
Subject(s) - chemistry , chemotype , essential oil , action (physics) , organic chemistry , ionone , terpene , biochemical engineering , food science , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Abstract Many studies on essential oils and fragrance compounds are performed and then published without any biological testing whatsoever. In addition, the mechanisms of action of such compounds can remain unknown for years in many cases. The present paper gives more comprehensive knowledge on the actions of essential oils and fragrance compounds; in addition, the bioactivity of chiral, isomer and chemotype compounds is discussed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.