Description:
This book provides a full review of contact allergy to essential oils along with detailed analyses of the chemical composition of essential oils known to cause contact allergy. In addition to literature data, it presents the results of nearly 6,400 previously unpublished sample analyses, by far the largest set of essential oils analyses ever reported in a single source of scientific literature. It contains alphabetical lists of all ingredients identified, all chemicals known to cause contact allergy or allergic contact dermatitis, and tabular indications of the ingredients that can be found in each essential oil.
Review Quotes:
" 'Essential Oils - contact allergy and chemical composition'... can be very helpful not only to dermatologists, but also for other professionals, such as chemists working in the perfumery and cosmetic industry, academic scientists working with essential oils and fragrances, aromatherapists, legislators, and those involved in the production, sale, and acquisition of essential oils.
Unique features of the book are included in the final chapters:
A table of all chemicals which can be found in each essential oil with concentrations.
An alphabetical list of 4,350 ingredients identified in the oils and absolutes, with their synonyms and CAS numbers, specifying in which oils each chemical can be present.
A book that represents a 'must to have' for all of us involved in the fascinating world of essential oils."
- Luigi Mondello, for the Journal of Essential Oil Research, November 2016, http: //dx.doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2016.1245825.
'Every dermatologist who patch tests his or her dermatitis patients with more than only the European baseline series, should have, according to the reviewer, a copy of this book. It will be the standard for this subject for a very long time. The book should also be useful to academic scientists working in the field of essential oils and fragrances, cosmetic chemists, analytical chemists, perfumers, aromatherapists, and legislators.'
- T.L. Diepgen, Heidelberg, for Dermatologie in Beruf und Umwelt, 2017;65(1):41.
'This interesting book, written by two well-known scientists, results a fundamental tool to be kept in the library as consultant mean useful not only for all students of the chemical and medical community, but also for dermatologists and cosmetic chemists, who wish to know the chemical composition of the more known essential oils and understand their capacity to cause possible contact allergy. ... I think that also this book will represent a milestone for Dermatologists and Cosmetic Chemists. This is my hope.'
- P. Morganti, J. Appl. Cosmetol., 34. 158-160 (July / December 2016).