Aromatic Plants

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Anatomy and Morphology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Ultrastructure of the Essential Oil Secretion in Glandular Scales of Origanum dictamnus L. Leaves

      • A. M. Bosabalidis, I. Tsekos

      Pages 3-12

   3. Leaf Morphology of Thymus capitatus (Labiatae) by Scanning Electron Microscopy

      • A. Economou-Amilli, D. Vokou, K. Anagnostidis, N. S. Margaris

      Pages 13-24

   4. Inula Hairs — Structure, Ultrastructure and Secretion

      • E. Werker, A. Fahn

      Pages 25-37

   5. Pollen Morphology of the Genus Origanum L. and Allied Genera

      • S. Z. Husain, V. H. Heywood

      Pages 39-56

3. Ecology and Distribution

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Volatile Oils as Allelopathic Agents

      • D. Vokou, N. S. Margaris

      Pages 59-72

   3. Artemisia tridentata Monoterpenoid Effect on Ruminant Digestion and Forage Selection

      • B. L. Welch, H. Narjisse, E. D. McArthur

      Pages 73-86

   4. Productivity of Aromatic Plants: Climatic Models

      • E. O. Box

      Pages 87-99

   5. A Taxonomic Revision of Sideritis L. Section Empedoclia (Rafin.) Bentham (Labiatae) in Greece

      • K. Papanikolaou, S. Kokkini

      Pages 101-128

4. Chemotaxonomy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Morphological, Cytological and Chemical Investigations of Mentha spicata L. in Greece

      • S. Kokkini, V. P. Papageorgiou

      Pages 131-140

   3. Distribution of Flavonoids as Chemotaxonomic Markers in the Genus Origanum L. and Related Genera in Labiatae

      • S. Z. Husain, V. H. Heywood, K. R. Markham

      Pages 141-152

   4. New Chemical Markers within Artemisia (Compositae-Anthemidae)

      • H. Greger

      Pages 153-163

   5. Chemical Investigations of Essential Oils of Umbellifers

      • K.-H. Kubeczka

      Pages 165-173

5. Analysis and Composition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. 13C-NMR Analysis of Essential Oils

      • V. Formacek, K.-H. Kubeczka

      Pages 177-181

   3. Qualitative Evaluation of Aromatic Herbs by Direct Head Space (GC)2 Analysis. Applications of the Method and Comparison with the Traditional Analysis of Essential Oils

      • F. Chialva, G. Gabri, P. A. P. Liddle, F. Ulian

      Pages 183-195

   4. The Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil Obtained from Satureja Kitaibelii Wierzb. ap. Heuff

      • R. Palić, S. Kapor, M. J. Gašić

      Pages 197-202

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.

• NMR
• anatomy
• arctic
• aromatic
• distribution
• ecology
• electron microscopy
• influence
• microscopy
• morphology
• pharmacology
• plant
• plants
• structure
• taxonomy

• Laboratory of Ecology, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

  Nikos Margaris, Despina Vokou

• Department of Pharmacognosy, State University of Leiden, The Netherlands

  Arthur Koedam

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