Perspectives of Essential Oils

Dear Colleagues,

Essential oils are very widespread in the plant world. There are over 1700 species that produce essential oils, for example in flowers, fruits or leaves. Oils are mixtures of volatile chemical compounds from the group of terpenoids and esters, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, ethers. There is still growing scientific evidence confirming the biological and pharmacological effects of essential oils. Public interest in the use of essential oils continues to increase in various areas of life. They are used in perfumes, cosmetics, food, drinks, and other products. Essential oils are often used for aromatherapy. Many of them also have antimicrobial and antifungal effects. In this Special Issue, we invite original and review articles on the extraction, composition, use and properties of essential oils.

Prof. Tomasz M. Karpiński and Prof. Marcin Ożarowski

Guest Editors

Manuscripts should be submitted via our online editorial system at https://imr.propub.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to start your submission. Manuscripts can be submitted now or up until the deadline. All papers will go through peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published in the journal (as soon as accepted) and meanwhile listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, reviews as well as short communications are preferred. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office to announce on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. Please visit the Instruction for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) in this open access journal is 2500 USD. Submitted manuscripts should be well formatted in good English.