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Preface

contents of nine chapters.

value to the readers.

impacts for medical societies.

some of these uses are explained in this book.

This book provides an overview of essential oils, and contributors were responsible for the

In the chapters, the authors attempted to review the importance of essential oils and their

Moreover, the book aims to present some issues related to sources, structures, impacts, and uses of essential oils. The biodiversity of essential oils is especially well known from the

Essential oils are still used in rural areas from natural resources for medical treatment, and

This book will be useful for researchers and other academic staff and will add significant

**Hany A. El-Shemy, Professor**

Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University Giza, Egypt

medical point of view, and therefore, this has been highlighted in this book.
