Citrus Oils ─ Composition, Advanced Analytical Techniques, Contaminants, and Biological Activity

World production of citrus fruits is still growing. At present, about 30 percent of that yield is devoted to industrial production, mostly on those essential oils and juices used in foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Covering research reported in the literature over the past ten years, this book presents the most current research available on the analysis, composition, and biological activity of citrus products, as well as concerns with adulteration and contaminants. The research group currently coordinated by the editors at the University of Messina has been investigating citrus essential oils since the 80s and is known worldwide for its development of chromatographic investigation methods.

Composition of the Volatile Fraction of Citrus Peel Oils, Giovanni Dugo, Antonella Cotroneo, Ivana Bonaccorsi, Alessandra TrozziVolatile Components in Less Common Citrus Species, Estelle Delort, Regula NaefComposition of Distilled Oils, Luis Haro-GuzmánConcentrated Citrus Oils, Herta ZieglerComposition of Petitgrain Oils, Giovanni Dugo, Antonella Cotroneo, Ivana BonaccorsiExtracts from the Bitter Orange Flowers (Citrus aurantium L.): Composition and Adulteration, Giovanni Dugo, Louis Peyron, Ivana BonaccorsiThe Chiral Compound of Citrus Oils, Luigi Mondello, Rosaria Costa, Danilo Sciarrone, Giovanni DugoThe Oxygen Heterocyclic Components of Citrus Essential Oils, Paola Dugo, Marina RussoCarotenoids of Citrus Oils, Paola Dugo, Daniele GiuffridaMinor Components in Extracts of Citrus Fruits, Regula NaefAdvanced Analytical Techniques for the Analysis of Citrus Oils, Peter Quinto Tranchida, Paola Dugo, Luigi Mondello, Giovanni DugoContaminants in Citrus Essential Oils: State of the Art (2000–2009), Giacomo Dugo, Giuseppa Di Bella, Marcello SaittaBiological Activities of Citrus Essential Oils, Giuseppe Bisignano, Francesco Cimino, Antonella Saija