INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR APPLIED RESEARCH IN MEDICINAL AROMATIC PLANTS
LAS CORONAS,CARMONA, SEVILLA,SPAIN.
FOCUS AREAS OF WORK:
1. GENETIC RESOURCES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS, AROMATIC AND SEASONIGN HERBS; COLLECTION, EVALUATION, PRODUCTION AND POST-HARVEST.
2. BIOMOLECULES ACTIVE ASSESSMENT IN HUMAN AND VETERINARY USE
3. SURVEY PRODUCTS WITH ADDED VALUE FOR SKINCARE }
4. APPLIED RESEARCHES OF ESSENTIAL OILS FOR INDUSTRY AND FLAVOURS FRAGRANCES
INTRODUCCIN
Las plantas medicinales han sido usados en la tradici坦n de diferentes culturas. Su utilizaci坦n data del per鱈odo Neol鱈tico (Siglo IX al VI a.d.c.) donde ya se extra鱈an aceites de oliva, ajonjol鱈 y de castor. M叩s tarde, los e