Volatile Oil Crops: Their Biology, Biochemistry and Production

by Robert K.M. Hay

Book Overview

Volatile (essential) oil crops yield a wide range of products -fresh and dried herbs, oils and oil components and variousoleoresins. Changing lifestyles in developed countries have led todramatic increases in demand for these products, particularly overthe last decade. More varied use has been made of oils and herbs incooking, and oil components are now being regarded as safealternatives to synthetic food additives and crop protectionsubstances.

The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582078679
• ISBN13: 9780582078673
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"