{"title":"Further research on essential oils","authors":"Ji-Dong Gu","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2024.105788","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Essential oils (EO) are still a viable research topic, especially in light of the sustainable development concept and utilization of natural resources. The apparent weakness on the research of this topic is shown in the scientific contents with less or no substantiation of the active chemical constituents and then the mechanisms of the effectiveness to advance the chemistry and technology application. On this aspect, it is very similar to the situation faced by the Chinese traditional medicine of herbs. Because of this, the pure science of this subject on EO must be focused on to further advance this subject for a strong science-based subject. A strong chemistry-based approach is needed in all research before the useful activity and application of any essential oil can be proposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":4,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Energy Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Applied Energy Materials","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964830524000593","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Essential oils (EO) are still a viable research topic, especially in light of the sustainable development concept and utilization of natural resources. The apparent weakness on the research of this topic is shown in the scientific contents with less or no substantiation of the active chemical constituents and then the mechanisms of the effectiveness to advance the chemistry and technology application. On this aspect, it is very similar to the situation faced by the Chinese traditional medicine of herbs. Because of this, the pure science of this subject on EO must be focused on to further advance this subject for a strong science-based subject. A strong chemistry-based approach is needed in all research before the useful activity and application of any essential oil can be proposed.
期刊介绍:
ACS Applied Energy Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important energy applications.