Essential Oils Research Bibliography

By Elizabeth Rowan Keith

This bibliography was developed during a literature search for materials for a doctoral study of essential oils, and accompanying carrier oils. It contains over 400 resources from international academic and popular media publications, and spans more than 220 years of research. This list of resources covers information from dozens of disciplines and multiple popular folk practices on uses of essential oils from ancient times to the present around the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elizabeth Rowan Keith
• Release date: Sep 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465876959

Elizabeth Rowan Keith

Elizabeth Rowan Keith is an independent writer and researcher who writes on investigative, ethnographic, and scientific subjects. She also writes award-winning fiction and poetry. She has a doctorate in the biological sciences specializing in ethnobotany and a Master’s degree in public administration. Her teaching and research span the fields of sociology, geography, Native American studies, government, natural medicines, and the biological sciences. She holds certifications in many forms of mind/body/spirit medicine. Recently she relocated to the Twin Cities of Minnesota, USA, with her collie, Belle. She is the widow of award-winning author and photographer, David H. Keith.

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Introduction

This bibliography was developed during a literature search for materials for a doctoral study of essential oils, and accompanying carrier oils. It contains over 400 resources from international academic and popular media publications, and spans more than 220 years of research. This list of resources covers information from dozens of disciplines and multiple popular folk practices on uses of essential oils from ancient times to the present around the world.

Efforts to develop this bibliography ended in early 2010. It contains publications available at that time.

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Bibliography

Abe, Shigeru., Naho Maruyama, Kasumi Hayama, Hiroko Ishibashi, Shigeharu Inoue, Haruyuki Oshima, and Hideyo Yamagushi., Suppression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced neutrophil adherence responses by essential oils, Mediators of Inflammation, 12(6), 323-328 (December 2003)

Abe, Shigeru., Naho Maruyama, Kazumi Hayama, Shigeharu Inouye, Haruyuki Oshima, and Hideyo Yamaguchi., Suppression of neutrophil recruitment in mice by geranium essential oil, Mediators of Inflammation, 13(1), 21-24 (February 2004)

Adams, Robert P., Diurnal Variation in the Terpenoids of Juniperus scopulorum (Cupressaceae)- Summer Versus Winter, American Journal of Botany, Vol. 66, No. 8 (Sep., 1979), pp. 986-988

Adams, Robert P., Investigation of Juniperus Species of the United States for New Sources of Cedarwood Oil, Economic Botany, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar., 1987) pp. 48-54

Adams, Robert P., and Ann Hagerman., Diurnal Variation in the Volatile Terpenoids of Juniperus scopulorum (Cupressaceae), American Journal of Botany, Vol. 64, No. 3 (Mar., 1977), pp. 278-285

Ahmed, Saleem., Salem Bamofleh, and Ma’toug Munshi., Cultivation of Neem (Azadirachta indica, Meliaceae) in Saudi Arabia, Economic Botany, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar., 1989), pp. 35-38

Al-Kahtani, Hassan A. Moringa peregrine (Al-Yassar or Al-Ban) Seeds Oil from Northwest Saudi Arabia, J. King Saud Univ. Vol. 7, Agric. Sci. (1), pp. 31-45, Riyadh (A.H. 1415/1995)

Alkire, Ben H., Arthur O. Tucker, and Michael J. Maciarello., Tipo, Minthostachys mollis (Lamiaceae): An Ecuadorian Mint, Economic Botany, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar., 1994), pp. 60-64

Allchin, F.R., India: The Ancient Home of Distillation?, Man, New Series, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Mar., 1979), pp. 55-63

al-Shahi, Ahmed, Spirit Possession and Healing: The ZAR among the Shaygiyyi of the Northern Sudan, Bulletin (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies), Vol. 11, No. 1, (1984), pp. 28-44

Anderson, Arthur B., Recovery and Utilization of Tree Extractives, Economic Botany, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun., 1955), pp. 108-140

Ao, Yoko., Kazue Satoh, Katsushige Shibano, Yukari Kawahita, and Seiji Shioda., Singlet Oxygen Scavenging Activity and Cytotoxicity of Essential Oils from Rutaceae, Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, Vol. 43 (1): 6-12, July 1, 2008

Aoshima, Hitoshi., Sheikh Julfikar Hossian, Koutaro Hamamoto, Terufumi Yokoyama, Mamoru Yamada, and Ryuzo Shingai., Kinetic Analyses of Alcohol-Induced Potentiation of the Response of GABA Receptors Composed of a1 and b1 Subunits, Journal of Biochemistry, 130, 703-709 (2001) Japanese Biochemical Society

Arksey, Hilary and Peter Knight. 1999. Interviewing for Social Scientists, Sage Publications

Arnould-Taylor, William. 1992. A Textbook of Holistic Aromatherapy, Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd., Cheltenham, U. K.

Arora, R.K., M.L. Maheshwari, K.P.S. Chandel, and R. Gupta., "Mano (Inula racemosa):