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Essential Oils as Reagents in Green Chemistry / by Ying Li, Anne-Sylvie Fabiano-Tixier, Farid Chemat.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Ying, Author.
- Fabiano-Tixier, Anne-Sylvie, Author.
- Chémat, Farid, Author.
- Series:
- SpringerBriefs in Green Chemistry for Sustainability, 2212-9898
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical engineering.
- Sustainable development.
- Chemistry, Organic.
- Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.
- Sustainable Development.
- Organic Chemistry.
- Local Subjects:
- Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.
- Sustainable Development.
- Organic Chemistry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (78 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This brief provides a valuable reference for the contribution of essential oils in the green chemistry, mainly in terms of their characteristics corresponding to their compositions, the development of their extraction technologies including both conventional and green process (e.g. microwave, ultrasound), and their sustainable applications as antioxidants, antimicrobials, insecticides, green solvents and synthons for the green synthesis.
- Contents:
- History, localization and chemical composition
- Essential oils: from conventional to green extraction
- Essential oils as antioxidants
- Essential oils as antimicrobials
- Essential oils as insecticides
- Essential oils as green solvents
- Essential oils as synthons for green chemistry.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3-319-08449-6
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