Preface

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Chapter 9 **Coriander and Its Phytoconstituents for the**

**Beneficial Effects 165**

Guerrero

**VI** Contents

Alev Önder

María Paz Arraiza, Azucena González-Coloma, Maria Fe Andres, Marta Berrocal-Lobo, José Alfonso Domínguez-Núñez, Avanor Cidral Da Costa Jr, Juliana Navarro-Rocha and Carlos Calderón-

> This book provides an overview of essential oils, and contributors were responsible for the contents of nine chapters.

> In the chapters, the authors attempted to review the importance of essential oils and their impacts for medical societies.

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

> Essential oils are still used in rural areas from natural resources for medical treatment, and some of these uses are explained in this book.

> This book will be useful for researchers and other academic staff and will add significant value to the readers.

> > **Hany A. El-Shemy, Professor** Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University Giza, Egypt

**Chapter 1**

**Provisional chapter**

**Potential of Medicinal Use of Essential Oils from**

**Potential of Medicinal Use of Essential Oils from** 

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The use of medicinal plants rich in essential oils can represent a viable source for the control of some diseases, being able to constitute a possible therapeutic alternative due to its effectiveness. Essential oils are natural volatile fractions extracted from aromatic plants and formed by classes of substances such as esters of fatty acids, mono and sesquiterpenes, phenylpropanoids, aldehyde alcohols and, in some cases, aliphatic hydrocarbons, among others. Essential oils have been used by mankind for medicinal purposes for several centuries, with reports coming from Ancient Egypt. In this sense, the present work aims to approach the biological activities of essential oils such as antioxidant, anticancer, antiprotozoal, antifungal, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities of different plant

**Keywords:** natural products, essential oils, medicinal application, biological activity

**Aromatic Plants**

**Aromatic Plants**

Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira, Marcos Martins Almeida,

Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira, Marcos Martins Almeida,

Flávia Cristina Seabra Pires,

Flávia Cristina Seabra Pires,

Vânia Maria Borges Cunha, Renato Macedo Cordeiro,

Vânia Maria Borges Cunha, Renato Macedo Cordeiro, Glides Rafael Olivo Urbina,

Ana Paula Souza e Silva,

**Abstract**

Marielba de Los Angeles Rodriguez Salazar,

Marielba de Los Angeles Rodriguez Salazar,

Glides Rafael Olivo Urbina, Marcilene Paiva da Silva,

Marcilene Paiva da Silva, Ana Paula Souza e Silva,

Fernanda Wariss Figueiredo Bezerra,

Fernanda Wariss Figueiredo Bezerra,

Rafael Henrique Holanda Pinto and

Rafael Henrique Holanda Pinto and

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Raul Nunes de Carvalho Junior

Raul Nunes de Carvalho Junior

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matrices rich in essential oils.

#### **Potential of Medicinal Use of Essential Oils from Aromatic Plants Potential of Medicinal Use of Essential Oils from Aromatic Plants**

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Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira, Marcos Martins Almeida, Marielba de Los Angeles Rodriguez Salazar, Flávia Cristina Seabra Pires, Fernanda Wariss Figueiredo Bezerra, Vânia Maria Borges Cunha, Renato Macedo Cordeiro, Glides Rafael Olivo Urbina, Marcilene Paiva da Silva, Ana Paula Souza e Silva, Rafael Henrique Holanda Pinto and Raul Nunes de Carvalho Junior Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira, Marcos Martins Almeida, Marielba de Los Angeles Rodriguez Salazar, Flávia Cristina Seabra Pires, Fernanda Wariss Figueiredo Bezerra, Vânia Maria Borges Cunha, Renato Macedo Cordeiro, Glides Rafael Olivo Urbina, Marcilene Paiva da Silva, Ana Paula Souza e Silva, Rafael Henrique Holanda Pinto and Raul Nunes de Carvalho Junior

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78002

**Abstract**

The use of medicinal plants rich in essential oils can represent a viable source for the control of some diseases, being able to constitute a possible therapeutic alternative due to its effectiveness. Essential oils are natural volatile fractions extracted from aromatic plants and formed by classes of substances such as esters of fatty acids, mono and sesquiterpenes, phenylpropanoids, aldehyde alcohols and, in some cases, aliphatic hydrocarbons, among others. Essential oils have been used by mankind for medicinal purposes for several centuries, with reports coming from Ancient Egypt. In this sense, the present work aims to approach the biological activities of essential oils such as antioxidant, anticancer, antiprotozoal, antifungal, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities of different plant matrices rich in essential oils.

**Keywords:** natural products, essential oils, medicinal application, biological activity

© 2016 The Author(s). Licensee InTech. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2018 The Author(s). Licensee IntechOpen. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
