Aromatic Plants : Basic and Applied Aspects

A. Koedam

ISBN 10: 9400976445 / ISBN 13: 9789400976443

Published by Springer Netherlands, 2011

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The use of aromatic plants has been practised since ancient times as is evidenced by records of Chinese, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman origin; recent findings in Pakistan prove that it goes as far back as 5000 years. Accordingly, the importance and value ascribed to them were always high. Either as a medicine, a foodstuff, a seasoning, a cosmetic or an element of religious rituals the aromatic plant was indispensable. It is not to be forgotten that desire tor the riches of India - spices among which - and the struggle to monopolize the trade of the latter con tributed to the opening of new sea routes, discovering of continents and altering the picture of the known world. With the advent of modern civilization, characterized by scientific and technological development which dIverted estimation and consumption towards artificial products, aromatic plants experienced a temporary de cline of use retaining, however, theIr importance In sectors such as the culinary art and cosmetics industry.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aromatic Plants : Basic and Applied Aspects
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9400976445
• ISBN 13: 9789400976443
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 160H x 17D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 483 grams

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The use of aromatic plants has been practised since ancient times as is evidenced by records of Chinese, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman origin; recent findings in Pakistan prove that it goes as far back as 5000 years. Accordingly, the importance and value ascribed to them were always high. Either as a medicine, a foodstuff, a seasoning, a cosmetic or an element of religious rituals the aromatic plant was indispensable. It is not to be forgotten that desire tor the riches of India - spices among which - and the struggle to monopolize the trade of the latter con­ tributed to the opening of new sea routes, discovering of continents and altering the picture of the known world. With the advent of modern civilization, characterized by scientific and technological development which dIverted estimation and consumption towards artificial products, aromatic plants experienced a temporary de­ cline of use retaining, however, theIr importance In sectors such as the culinary art and cosmetics industry.