This book has been written to provide the reader with completely up-to-date information on a range of topics that are at the cutting edge of research within the fragrance and flavour industry. The chapters are a blend of contributions from both academic and industrial authors.
The subject matter covered is wide-ranging, including natural product synthesis, asymmetric synthesis, environmentally clean technologies, industrial synthesis of macrocycles, latest analytical techniques, flavour-matrix interactions, biotransformations, lipids as a source of flavours and a look into the current safety and legislation issues in the flavour area.
Current Topics in Flavours and Fragrances: Towards a New Millennium of Discovery is aimed at all researchers, professionals and postgraduate scientists from all areas of the chemical and biological sciences who have an interest in the science of fragrances and flavours.