Essential oil-bearing grasses : the genus Cymbopogon / edited by Anand Akhila - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2010 - xv, 245 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. - Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 46 . - Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 46 .

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The genus Cymbopogon: botany, including anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology / Cinzia M. Bertea, Massimo E. Maffei -- Chemistry and biogenesis of essential oil from the genus Cymbopogon / Anand Akhila -- The Cymbopogons: harvest and postharvest management / A. K. Pandey -- Biotechnological studies in Cymbopogons: current status and future options / Ajay K. Mathur -- The trade in commercially important Cymbopogon oils / Rakesh Tiwari -- In vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of some Cymbopogon species / Watcharee Khunkitti -- Thrombolysis-accelerating activity of essential oils / Hiroyuki Sumi, Chieko Yatagai -- Analytical methods for Cymbopogon oils / Ange Bighelli, Joseph Casanova -- Citral from lemongrass and other natural sources: its toxicology and legislation / David A. Moyler

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