ESSENTIAL OILS IN NUTRACEUTICS

Dr. Riccardo Matera, Research an Development

We at BeC we use essential oils in cosmetics and food supplements for decades now, giving our natural products a distinctive and unique touch, not only in fragrances but above all by making use of beneficial properties Of these Nature's distillates.

Today we highlight an important publication in which they are described innovative characteristics and properties of many essential oils ranging from the uses of traditional oriental medicine to Western culture and beyond.

We tell you about the text “Essential Oils as Natural Food Additives” published a few years ago by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (New York, 2012) because we are proud to have also given the our contribution to documented and scientifically reliable information based on the company's choice of invest usefully in Research and Development.

Essential oils as natural food additives

The essential oils have been used for centuries in the preparation of fragrances for cosmetic use And food flavourings as well as in traditional medicines in treatment of various dysfunctions.

A renewed interest both on the part of the scientific community and among the public has made it possible to approach this interesting field with solid scientific foundations. The use of essential oils , increasingly widespread in everyday life, goes hand in hand with the growing need to pursue a healthier lifestyle and oriented to the world of natural.

This is consolidated by numerous scientific studies that have demonstrated interesting biological properties ranging from antimicrobial activities up to those antioxidants , although numerous new functional uses have emerged.

This text offers an accurate and updated examination of the scientific literature on essential oils used for food purposes in different areas of the Earth discussing the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties with a general introduction to chemistry, classification, biosynthetic origin, preparation and analysis methods.