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Natural Terpenes as Building Blocks for Green Chemistry

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This chapter presents a complete picture of current knowledge on recent developments of extraction techniques of essential oils’ source of terpenes and their use not only in food ingredients as aromas, antioxidants or antimicrobials but also as synthons and solvents for green chemistry. The modern applications of terpenes and their original procedures are summarized in terms of their applications, benefits and future trends.

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  1. Département de Chimie et Biochimie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada

    Mohamed Touaibia

  2. Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Environnement (LSTE), Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, 16200, Alger, Algeria

    Chahrazed Boutekedjiret

  3. Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, INRA, UMR408, GREEN Extraction Team, 84000, Avignon, France

    Sandrine Perino & Farid Chemat

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Touaibia, M., Boutekedjiret, C., Perino, S., Chemat, F. (2019). Natural Terpenes as Building Blocks for Green Chemistry. In: Li, Y., Chemat, F. (eds) Plant Based “Green Chemistry 2.0”. Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3810-6_7

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