Saturday, December 19, 2009

Essential Oils: Art, Science, Agriculture, Industry & Entrepreneurship


After waiting so long my first book is out on the publisher's website (Nova Scientific Publishers). Its been a long time in coming and maybe should have been written 10 years ago. However, better late than never. But the delay probably made it something more substancial.



Here is some info from the website:


"Essential Oils: Art. Agriculture, Science, Industry and Entrepreneurship, A Focus on the Asia-Pacific Region" takes an interdisciplinary look at the development of essential oils from the agricultural to consumer products sectors. The book espouses a product/market driven and entrepreneurial approach rather than a commodity approach, offering many new ideas and tools to assist the reader in the area of essential oil development. This book uniquely covers both the technical and business aspects in a detail that will inform readers of the complexities of essential oil development, production and business development. This book is the result of the author’s thirty years experience in the industry.


Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgements Chapter One: Introduction: The Development Issues Chapter Two: The Nature of the Industry Chapter Three: Current Essential Oil Production in the South-East Asia Pacific Region Chapter Four: The Phyto-chemistry of Essential Oils Chapter Five: The Extraction of Essential Oils Chapter Six: Developing Essential Oils Chapter Seven: The Screening and Regulatory Process Chapter Eight: The Development Planning Process Chapter Nine: The Field Development Process Chapter Ten: The Organic Production of Essential Oils Chapter Eleven: The Application of Essential Oils Chapter Twelve: Enterprise Viability and New Crop Potential, Index.


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