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Essential Oils

Contact Allergy and Chemical Composition
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Essential Oils: Contact Allergy and Chemical Composition delivers an extensive examination of contact allergy related to essential oils, complementing this with in-depth chemical analyses of 91 essential oils and two absolutes. Featuring results from nearly 6,400 unpublished sample analysesβ€”the most comprehensive scientific dataset of its kindβ€”the book includes an alphabetical index of 4,350 identified ingredients, details of allergens, and concentration tables for each oil. It also discusses allergic reactions linked to key oils such as tea tree, lavender, and sandalwood, offering valuable insights for medical professionals, perfumers, scientists, aromatherapists, and regulators alike.
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Essential Oils is ideal for dermatologists, chemists, perfumers, academic researchers, aromatherapists, and regulatory professionals seeking a detailed scientific resource on essential oil composition and allergenic properties.

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Essential Oils: Contact Allergy and Chemical Composition provides a full review of contact allergy to essential oils along with detailed analyses of the chemical composition of essential oils known to cause contact allergy. In addition to literature data, this book presents the results of nearly 6,400 previously unpublished sample analyses, by far the largest set of essential oils analyses ever reported in a single source of scientific literature.

Covering 91 essential oils and two absolutes, the book presents an alphabetical list of all 4,350 ingredients that have been identified in them, a list of chemicals known to cause contact allergy and allergic contact dermatitis, and tabular indications of the ingredients that can be found in each essential oil.

The book discusses contact allergy and allergic contact dermatitis for each of the oils and absolutes, sometimes able to provide only one or two reports but drawing upon considerable amounts of literature in other cases, such as with tea tree oil, ylang-ylang oil, lavender oil, rose oil, turpentine oil, jasmine absolute, and sandalwood oil.

While limited information on the main components and their concentrations would be enough for most dermatologists, this book gives extensive coverage not only to improve levels of medical knowledge and quality of patient care, but also for the benefit of professionals beyond clinical study and practice, such as chemists in the perfume and cosmetics industries, perfumers, academic scientists working with essential oils and fragrances, aromatherapists, legislators, and those involved in the production, sale, and acquisition of essential oils.

Key Features:

  • Provides a full literature review of contact allergy to and chemical composition of 91 essential oils and two absolutes
  • Presents the largest set of analytical reports on essential oils in scientific literature to date
  • Provides tables of all chemicals which can be found in each essential oil with concentrations
  • Presents an alphabetical list of 4,350 ingredients identified in the oils and absolutes with their synonyms and specifying in which oils each chemical can be present
  • Provides a tabular list of all known allergens to the oils discussed
  • Includes reference tables on the quantitative composition of essential oils that are of regulatory use to the fragrance industry
  • Covers an extensive amount of information to benefit non-medical professionals involved with the research, production, distribution, and use of essential oils and products containing essential oils

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781482246407

Publisher: Apple Academic Press Inc.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 May 2016

Country: Canada

Imprint: Apple Academic Press Inc.

Illustration: 261 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 2560g

Pages: 1058

About the Author

Anton C. de Groot, 1980-2002 dermatologist in private practice in two hospitals in β€˜s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. PhD 1988: Adverse Reactions to Cosmetics. Author of over 500 publications including 70 book chapters and 14 books, of which 4 are international (mainly for dermatologists) and 10 in Dutch for general practitioners, medical students, skin therapists, podiatrists/pedicures and (parents of) patients with atopic dermatitis. Regularly teaches dermatology to medical students at the University of Groningen. Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Dermatitis (specialized in contact allergy). Co-founder and former 10-year Editor-in-Chief of the Dutch Journal for Dermatology and Venereology.

Anton C. De Groot is an honourary member of the American Contact Dermatitis Society, he was specifically recognised for his contributions to the field through his series Monographs in Contact Allergy

Further information can be found on the author's website www.patchtesting.info

Erich Schmidt completed his studies in business economics at the Landshut University of Applied Sciences, Bavaria, Germany. Since he first began working with essential oils in a middle-sized German company that designed and produced perfume compositions, his interest in analyzing the compositions of essential oils increased. He eventually established an analytical laboratory and as the use of aromatherapy grew in Germany, he provided information about risks, safety evaluation, and genuineness of essential oils. In 1995 he was chosen as the German responsible representative of the International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee 54, Essential Oils. Since 2005, he has authored or coauthored more than 90 publications in numerous journals, and contributed two chapters to the Handbook of Essential Oils.

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