Aromatic Plants and Essential Constituents (Supplement 1)

Covers 270 Chinese aromatic plants in detail. For each species the scientific and family names, the morphology, distribution and uses are described and the chemical constituents of the essential oils are shown. The aromatic plants are divided into four parts according to their uses, and reviews on new resources of essential oil in China and the modern methods for the analysis of essential oil composition are discussed.

This book will prove useful in academic and industrial fields, especially in medicinal and cosmetic industries.