Meet the editors

Dr. Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira has a Master's degree in Food Science and Technology and PhD also in Food Science and Technology from the Federal University of Pará, Brazil. He has more than 100 scientific contributions among articles in international journals, books, book chapters, and conference abstracts. He has experience in the following scientific areas: engineering, food science and technology, pharmacology and drug discov-

ery, medicinal chemistry, ethnopharmacology and ethnobotany, phytochemistry, extraction methods of bioactive compounds, analytical chemistry, biotechnology of natural products, and allelopathy. Dr Oliveira is currently a researcher in the Institutional Training Program at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeld, Pará, Brazil.

Dr. Wanessa Almeida da Costa has a PhD in Natural Resources Engineering from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil. She also holds a MEng in Chemical Engineering also from the Federal University of Pará, Brazil. Currently, Dr. Wanessa Costa is part of the technical and administrative staff at UFPA, working as a laboratory technician (Chemical Area) at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering. She has experience in Process Simulation,

Chemistry, and Food Science and Technology, working mainly in the areas of supercritical extraction; extraction of bioactive compounds of plant origin; applications in allelopathy, and transesterification processes in supercritical medium.

Dr. Sebastião Gomes Silva holds a Master's degree in Organic Chemistry from the Federal University of Pará and PhD in Organic Chemistry, also from the Federal University of Pará, Brazil. He is currently a Class II professor of the state education network of the Pará state, Brazil, and External Collaborating Professor of the Rural Education Course at the Abaetetuba Campus-UFPA. He works in the Chemistry area, with emphasis on Chemistry of

Natural Products, mainly in the following themes: extraction of essential oils with supercritical fluids, hydrodistillation, simultaneous distillation and extraction, analysis by gas chromatography/mass spectrometer, and search for of essential oil applications in industries.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Mohamed El Hattab*

*and Israa Harjan Mohsen*

Safety Profile of Essential Oils

*and Fernando Almeida-Souza*

Essential Oils

**Section 2**

**Preface XI**

Chemical Composition and Biological Activity **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 29**

**Chapter 3 41**

**Chapter 4 55**

**Chapter 5 75**

Volatile Compounds and Applications **107**

**Chapter 6 109**

Algae Essential Oils: Chemistry, Ecology, and Biological Activities

*by Lubna Abdul Muttalib Al-Shalah, Nada Khazal Kadhim Hindi* 

*by Oliviu Vostinaru, Simona Codruta Heghes and Lorena Filip*

*Kátia da Silva Calabrese, Ana Lucia Abreu-Silva* 

Aromatherapy as Complementary Medicine *by Amira Ahmed Kamal El-din El-Anssary*

Essential Oils' Potential in Breast Cancer Treatment: An Overview *by Isadora de Fátima Braga Magalhães, Carla Junqueira Moraga Tellis,* 

Terpenoids as Important Bioactive Constituents of Essential Oils *by Fongang Fotsing Yannick Stephane and Bankeu Kezetas Jean Jules*
