scholarly journals Fleeting Beauty—The World of Plant Fragrances and Their Application

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2473
Author(s):  
Angelika Kliszcz ◽  
Andrzej Danel ◽  
Joanna Puła ◽  
Beata Barabasz-Krasny ◽  
Katarzyna Możdżeń
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Chemical Structures ◽  
The World ◽  
Ultrasound Assisted

This article is devoted to some aspects of the fragrant substances of plant origin applied in the food industry and perfumery as well. Since antiquity many extractive techniques have been developed to obtain essential oils. Some of them are still applied, but new ones, like microwave or ultrasound-assisted extractions, are more and more popular and they save time and cost. Independently of the procedure, the resulting essential oils are the source of many so-called isolates. These can be applied as food additives, medicines, or can be used as starting materials for organic synthesis. Some substances exist in very small amounts in plant material so the extraction is not economically profitable but, after their chemical structures were established and synthetic procedures were developed, in some cases they are prepared on an industrial scale. The substances described below are only a small fraction of the 2000–3000 fragrant molecules used to make our life more enjoyable, either in food or perfumes. Additionally, a few examples of allelopathic fragrant compounds, present in their natural state, will be denoted and some of their biocidal features will be mentioned as an arising “green” knowledge in agriculture.

scholarly journals The Use of Essential Oils in Active Food Packaging: A Review of Recent Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1799
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zeeshan Akram ◽  
Sema Yaman Fırıncıoğlu ◽  
Hassan Jalal ◽  
Sibel Canoğulları Doğan
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Shelf Life ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food Packaging ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Biodegradable Films ◽  
Processed Food ◽  
Active Food Packaging

Public concern on the excessive use of synthetic food additives has raised a great interest to use natural products due to their potential in food and pharmacological industries. Nowadays, chemical food additives are questioned due to their contribution to the health risks and environmental impacts. Among natural additives, essential oils (EOs) are extracted from aromatic compounds and responsible for their biological activities namely antimicrobial and antioxidant capacity. Incorporation of bio-active compounds particularly EOs directly in food or edible/biodegradable food packaging seems to enhance the shelf life and quality characteristics of processed food and protect the consumers against oxidative and bacterial deterioration effects. However, inclusion of EOs in films/coatings for food packaging may put some effects on various properties (optic, tensile and etc.), which can affect the consumer acceptability. Their addition in food can cause some allergic and hypersensitivity reactions to the individuals who use them often. This paper aims to review the latest findings on the use of EOs incorporated with edible/biodegradable films and coatings to enhance the shelf life and quality of the food. Further investigations about essential oils are expected to clarify their exact action and build up their standard use in food industry.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPOSITION AND TECHNOLOGY OF TABLETS CONTAINING PHYTOSUBSTANCES FOR APPLICATION IN COMPLEX CVD THERAPY

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6(75)) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
P.P. Hrenova ◽  
A.B. Legosteva
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
The World ◽  
Food Experience ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Medicinal Plant Material

Currently, the most deadly diseases in the world medical practice are cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The causes of CVD are incorrect lifestyle, which is currently often observed in our society. People do not exercise enough, eat fatty foods, fast food, experience stress, smoke (including drugs), and abuse alcohol. Active research is underway to find new drugs, but most of them are chemical drugs that usually have adverse events. The solution to the problem can be the use of medicines based on official medicinal plant material (MPM). It is worth noting the feasibility of using MPM and phytotherapy in the treatment of human diseases. The popularity of herbal medicine is due to the naturalness of phytopreparations, their low degree of allergenicity and toxicity, and easy assimilation by the human body of substances of plant origin.

scholarly journals Variation of the Chemical Composition of Thymus Vulgaris Essential Oils by Phenological Stages

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Moisa ◽  
Andreea Lupitu ◽  
Georgeta Pop ◽  
Dorina Rodica Chambre ◽  
Lucian Copolovici ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Meteorological Conditions ◽  
Thymus Vulgaris ◽  
Minor Components ◽  
Phenological Stages ◽  
Before And After

Thymus vulgaris essential oil is one of the most common oils used mainly in food industry but it could also have applications in medicine and pharmacy. The chemical composition of this essential oil depends on the plant material harvesting time, phenomenological stages, meteorological conditions and growing area of plants. In our study, four different Thymus vulgaris L. var. Donne Valley essential oils have been extracted and characterised. The essential oils have been extracted from plants before and after flowering in two different years. There is an important difference between the chemical composition of oils obtained from plants harvested before and after flowering. Thymol and carvacrol have been found as the major components, but the percentage depends on the phenological stages of the plants and the year of harvesting. Furthermore, the composition of the minor components changed.

scholarly journals New Small Scale Equipment for Obtaining Dill and Cumin Essential Oils

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 324-329
Author(s):  
Denisa E. Duta ◽  
David L. Comaniciu ◽  
Alina Culetu ◽  
Mioara Negoita ◽  
Valentin Ionescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Volatile Oil ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Natural Origin ◽  
Plant Sources

Essential oils of natural origin are excellent raw materials for the food industry as well as the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. In this study, a new equipment, designed at small scale, which facilitates the yield of essential oils from various plant sources via hydrodistillation using the classical Clevenger apparatus is presented. The working of this equipment consists in oils distillation from raw plant material with steam, recirculating the water and collecting the volatile oil yield. The proposed designed equipment ensures high yield while keeping energy consumption to a minimum using proper thermal insulation. The yielded product is within the quality parameters for natural products imposed by regulators.

Contribution to the Optimization of a Gas Chromatographic Method by QbD Approach used for Analysis of Essential Oils from Salvia officinalis

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 2015-2020
Author(s):  
Silvia Robu ◽  
Aurelia Romila ◽  
Olimpia Dumitriu Buzia ◽  
Adrian Florin Spac ◽  
Camelia Diaconu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Mobile Phase ◽  
Chromatographic Method ◽  
Salvia Officinalis ◽  
Salvia Officinalis L ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Method

Numerous articles on Salvia officinalis L. have been published regarding the composition of their essential oil. The considerable variation found may be due to the quality of the plant material as well as to the methods used for analysis. A simple GC-MS method was developed and optimized in the QbD approach, for the determination of sage essential oils. The optimization of GC-MS analysis was performed using different mobile phase flows, injection volumes, split ratios and temperature programs. The optimized method proved to be simple and can be successfully applied for the determination of sage essential oils.

The Undiscovered Potential of Essential Oils for Treating SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (41) ◽  
pp. 5261-5277
Author(s):  
Peter J. Wilkin ◽  
Minnatallah Al-Yozbaki ◽  
Alex George ◽  
Girish K. Gupta ◽  
Cornelia M. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
World Health ◽  
Clinical Aspects ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
In Silico Studies ◽  
The World

On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a pandemic caused by a novel beta-coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, designated COVID-19. The virus emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has spread across the world as a global pandemic. The traditional use of medicines from plants can be traced back to 60,000 years. Global interest in the development of drugs from natural products has increased greatly during the last few decades. Essential oils (EOs) have been studied through the centuries and are known to possess various pharmaceutical properties. In the present review, we have highlighted the current biology, epidemiology, various clinical aspects, different diagnostic techniques, clinical symptoms, and management of COVID-19. An overview of the antiviral action of EOs, along with their proposed mechanism of action and in silico studies conducted, is described. The reported studies of EOs' antiviral activity highlight the baseline data about the additive and/or synergistic effects among primary or secondary phytoconstituents found in individual oils, combinations or blends of oils and between EOs and antiviral drugs. It is hoped that further research will provide better insights into EOs' potential to limit viral infection and aid in providing solutions through natural, therapeutically active agents.

scholarly journals Rose Flowers—A Delicate Perfume or a Natural Healer?

Biomolecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Milka Mileva ◽  
Yana Ilieva ◽  
Gabriele Jovtchev ◽  
Svetla Gateva ◽  
Maya Margaritova Zaharieva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Rosa Damascena ◽  
Oil Sand ◽  
Rosa Gallica ◽  
Therapeutic Properties ◽  
Phytochemical Profile

Plants from the Rosacea family are rich in natural molecules with beneficial biological properties, and they are widely appreciated and used in the food industry, perfumery, and cosmetics. In this review, we are considering Rosa damascena Mill., Rosa alba L., Rosa centifolia L., and Rosa gallica L. as raw materials important for producing commercial products, analyzing and comparing the main biological activities of their essential oils, hydrolates, and extracts. A literature search was performed to find materials describing (i) botanical characteristics; (ii) the phytochemical profile; and (iii) biological properties of the essential oil sand extracts of these so called “old roses” that are cultivated in Bulgaria, Turkey, India, and the Middle East. The information used is from databases PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. Roses have beneficial healing properties due to their richness of beneficial components, the secondary metabolites as flavonoids (e.g., flavones, flavonols, anthocyanins), fragrant components (essential oils, e.g., monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes), and hydrolysable and condensed tannins. Rose essential oils and extracts with their therapeutic properties—as respiratory antiseptics, anti-inflammatories, mucolytics, expectorants, decongestants, and antioxidants—are able to act as symptomatic prophylactics and drugs, and in this way alleviate dramatic sufferings during severe diseases.

scholarly journals Cycloaddition of Thiourea- and Guanidine-Substituted Furans to Dienophiles: A Comparison of the Environmentally-Friendly Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Luka Barešić ◽  
Davor Margetić ◽  
Zoran Glasovac
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Microwave Assisted ◽  
Pressure Synthesis ◽  
Ultrasound Assisted ◽  
Substituted Furans ◽  
Guanidine Moiety

The cycloaddition strategy was employed in order to obtain a 7-oxanorbornene framework substituted with a guanidine moiety or its precursor functional groups: protected amine or thiourea. In order to optimize the conditions for the cycloaddition, several environmentally-friendly methods—microwave assisted organic synthesis, high pressure synthesis, high speed vibrational milling, and ultrasound assisted synthesis—were employed. The outcomes of the cycloaddition reactions were interpreted in terms of endo/exo selectivity, the conversion of the reactants to the product, and the isolated yields. In general, our results indicated the HP and HSVM approaches as the methods of choice to give good yields and conversions.

Whole body metabolism is improved by hemin added to high fat diet while counteracted by nitrite: a mouse model of processed meat consumption.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Abu Halaka ◽  
Ofer Gover ◽  
Einat Rauchbach ◽  
Shira Zelber-Sagi ◽  
Betty Schwartz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Fat Diet ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Processed Meat ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Curing Agents ◽  
Whole Body Metabolism ◽  
Processed Meat Consumption

Nitrites and nitrates are traditional food additives used as curing agents in the food industry. They inhibit the growth of microorganisms and convey a typical pink color to the meat....

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