The first authentic record of spice and herb usage is on clay tablets from the Sumarian
Kingdom about 3,000 BC, and many spices were used or imported into Egypt for …

Many species among the Tropical Annonaceae family are odorous; this property is due to
the presence of essential oils which are mainly composed of mono-and sesquiterpene …

Common Names pot marigold, marigold flower, ca lendula, ruddles; Arabic: ajamir,
djoúmaira; Chi nese: chin chan hua, ** zhan ju; French: fleur de souci (des jardins), souci …

Abstract Specific to the West African sub-region, previous studies involving fruit, stem, and
bark of Tetrapleura tetraptera as well as seeds of Monodora myristica have largely focused …

Monodora myristica and Xylopia aethiopica are two underutilised spices that are
hypothesized to be important in the management and treatment of certain stress-induced …

Nine essential oils were isolated from five Annonaceae species growing in Cameroon. The
samples were analysed by GC and GC-MS. The volatile oils obtained from seeds of …

Monodora myristica (Annonaceae) commonly known as 'Ariwo'in South Western Nigeria is a
tropical tree that grows wild in many African countries including Nigeria. 1, 2 Nutritional …

The volatile constituents of the fruits of Annona glabra L. growing wild in North Brazil were
analysed by GC–MS. The fruits were collected at three stages of ripening: unripe, half‐ripe …

This chapter covers the morphology, uses, volatile (mace oil, fixed oil, volatile oil, and leaf,
flower and pericarp oils) and non-volatile (lignans, sterols, phenolic acids and …

Volatile oil rich spices cannot be sterilised by pasteurisation because of the presence of
thermal-sensitive components. In this article, we report the effect of irradiation on the volatile …