Essential oils and aromatic plants : proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Essential Oils, held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, July 19-21, 1984 / edited by A. Baerheim Svendsen and J.J.C. Scheffer.

English and German.

Includes bibliographies.

Quantitative aspects of flavour analysis by equilibrium and dynamic headspace gas chromatography with capillary columns -- Quantitative headspace gas chromatography in the analysis of volatile oils and aromatic plants -- Concentration of odorous headspace volatiles -- Sensory evaluation of flavour and fragrance compounds after headspace sampling, capillary chromatography and thermal conductivity detection -- GLC of the headspace after concentration on Tenax GC and of the essential oils of apples, fresh celery, fresh lovage, honeysuckle and ginger powder -- Headspace technique as a versatile complementary tool to increase knowledge about constituents of domestic or exotic flowers and fruits -- Handling, quick optimization and choice of column wall material in capillary gas chromatography -- Gas Chromatographic characterization of frequently occurring sesquiterpenes in essential oils -- Progress in isolation techniques for essential oil constituents -- The influence of isolation conditions on the composition of essential oils containing linalool and linalyl acetate -- Determination of the enantiomeric composition of natural flavouring agents by 1H-NMR spectroscopy -- Determination of the enantiomeric composition of synthetic flavouring agents by 1H-NMR spectroscopy -- Constituents of the essential oil of Salvia stenophylla — first identification of (+)-epi-?-bisabolol in nature -- GC-MS analysis of the essential oil of Meriandra benghalensis -- Essential oils of Israeli wild species of Labiatae -- Studies on the composition of essential oils of ‘cineolic eucalyptus’ -- Biology and essential oil of Humulus lupulus var. neomexicanus -- Sesquiterpenes and other volatile metabolites from liquid cultures of ceratocystis populina (Ascomycota) — Essential oil compounds from fungi -- Effect of drying and freeze-drying on the aroma of dill — Anethum graveolens CV mammut -- Differences in the yield of plant material, essential oils and their main components during the life cycle of Origanum vulgare L. -- Comparative studies on growth and volatile oil contents of some induced mutants of Origanum majorana -- Formation of essential oil in clary sage under different conditions -- Influence of ecological factors on the content and composition of the essential oil in Salvia officinalis -- Composition of the essential oil of Origanum majorana grown in different localities in Turkey -- Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Ducrosia anethifolia -- Effects and side-effects of essential oils -- Arzneipflanzen im Spiegel niederländischer Malerei.