| Description |
1 online resource (x, 200 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles, 1027-4502 ; v. 7 |
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Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 7. 1027-4502
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| Contents |
Book cover; half-title; title; copyright; contents; preface; contributors; 1. introduction; 2.taxonomy and botanical description of the genus carum; 3. main chemical constituents of carum; 4. the role of light and temperature in the growth, development and active agent accumulation in caraway and related species; 5. questions of the generative development in caraway; 6. regulation of essential oil formation in caraway; 7. a century of breeding caraway in the netherlands; 8. production of biennial caraway for seed and essential oil; 9. agrotechnology of annual caraway production |
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10. alimentary, culinary andindustrial uses of caraway11. pharmacological uses and toxicology of caraway; 12. application of s-carvone as a potato sprout suppressant and control agent of fungal storage diseases; index |
| Summary |
Caraway, the seventh volume in the series Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles, collects together all of the existing information in connection with the biology, chemistry, agrotechnology and utilization of the plant genus Carum. After an overview on all Carum species, it deals mainly with th most important species Carum carvi L. The scientific and economic significance of the genus as well as forthcoming results and future perspectives are discussed. Authors from a number of countries give information about valuable traditions as well as the most up-to-date research results. Phy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Umbelliferae.
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Umbelliferae -- Therapeutic use
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Umbelliferae -- Industrial applications
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Essences and essential oils.
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Vegetable oils.
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Oils, Volatile
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Apiaceae
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Plant Oils
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Plants, Medicinal
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Spices
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essential oil.
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vegetable oil.
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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Vegetable oils
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Essences and essential oils
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Umbelliferae
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berendné Németh, Éva
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| ISBN |
0203303679 |
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9780203303672 |
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