Natural Gums and Resins (eBook)

Botany and Sustainable Uses in Medicine, Nutrition, Perfumery and Cosmetics

Hartwig Schulz, Victor Sam Jayakumar, Niranjan Prasad (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
857 Seiten
CAB INTERNATIONAL (Verlag)
9781800626690 (ISBN)

Infos

Tree resins such as mastic, gum Arabic, frankincense and myrrh have been used for centuries all over the world. The book presents different fields of application for natural gums, resins and latexes in human medicine, nutrition and cosmetics taking some selected medicinal plant species as examples.

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Tree resins such as mastic, gum arabic, frankincense and myrrh have been used for centuries all over the world. This book presents different fields of application for natural gums and resins in medicine, nutrition and cosmetics, taking some selected medicinal plant species as examples. It provides valuable information and a better understanding of the ecologically sustainable use of these globally significant plant raw materials. This is especially important for the processing industry. The contents include:


Historical significance
Cultivation
Ecologically sustainable use
Harvesting and trade
Postharvest and storage management
Processing for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and perfume industry
Protection and conservation of endangered species


This book is of interest to researchers in botany and plant science, medicinal plants, pharmacy, chemistry and medicine, also practitioners in herbal and complementary medicine.

Autor

Hartwig Schulz (Edited By)
Hartwig Schulz (PhD) studied chemistry in Bonn and Kiel (Germany). After completing his studies, he carried out several years research in the field of human nutrition (vitamin E, phytosterins, plant lipids) at the university of Kiel, Germany. Then, as head of an analytical department he worked 10 years for one of the worldwide largest perfume and flavor manufacturers (Symrise). From 1996 to 2019, he was the director and professor of a research institute under the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in Germany. Hartwig Schulz is author of 259 scientific articles and book chapters and as the president of the "German Society for Quality Research (DGQ)" he was also engaged 8 years in food research on a national and international level. Since his retirement, he is working as a consultant, especially in the field of "medicinal and aromatic plants" and is also supporting various development aid projects on a voluntary basis.

Victor S Jayakumar (Edited By)
Victor Sam Jayakumar (PhD) completed his masters and doctoral studies in physics at the University of Kerala (India). After graduation, he worked at Mar Ivanios College, University of Kerala as a lecturer in the Department of Physics, where he taught for more than three decades and carried out extensive research in the field of vibrational spectroscopy, including several years of studies on natural products with more than 65 research publications in reputed international journals. From 2005 to 2009, he was Professor and Head of the Postgraduate and Research Department of Physics at Mar Ivanios College, University of Kerala. From 2011, he worked as Director of Mar Baselios Institute of Technology Anchal (MBIT) for 10 years. Presently he is associated with St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology, Chengannur, India as Adjunct Professor and also engaged in promoting research innovations and collaborative project initiatives, supporting various projects relevant to social development through science.

Niranjan Prasad (Edited By)
Niranjan Prasad (PhD) did his BE (agricultural engineering) from CTAE, Udaipur, India (1988), and MTech (1991) and PhD from IIT, Kharagpur, India (1996). He obtained his post-doctoral training in smart/active packaging from Michigan State University, USA. He worked as a lecturer at NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, during 1996-1997. Later, he joined Indian Lac Research Institute, Ranchi, as an agricultural research service scientist in 1997 and presently works as a principal scientist and the head of Agri Bio-resources Augmentation Division at ICAR-National Institute of Secondary Agriculture, Ranchi, India. He is also working as a project coordinator of the All India Network Project on Conservation of Lac Insect Genetic Resources. He worked as a consortium principal investigator of the National Agricultural Innovation Project (World Bank) on Lac Value Chain. During his 28 years of experience in research and extension, he published 65 research papers in national and international journals. He has developed several tools and machines for gums and resins production and processing which have been commercialized. Dr. Prasad is member of several professional societies and recipient of many awards

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2025
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Schlagworte: Benzoe Siam (Styrax tonkinensis) • Benzoe Sumatra (Styrax benzoin) • Damar (Shorea wiesneri and other shorea species) • Elemi (Canarium luzonicum) • Galbanum (Ferula galbaniflua and F. rubricaulis) • Guaiac resin (Guaiacum officinale and G. sanctum) • Gum arabic (Acacia senegal) • Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus and other Pistacia species) • Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) • Olibanum / Frankincense (various Boswellia species) • Opoponax (Commiphora erythraea) • Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) • Styrax (Liquidamber orientalis) • Tolu balsam (Myroxylon balsamum) • Traganth (various Astragalus and Astracantha species)
• ISBN-13: 9781800626690 / 9781800626690