Essential Oils of Traditionally Used Aromatic Plants as Green Shelf-Life Enhancers for Herbal Raw Materials from Microbial Contamination and Oxidative Deterioration

This commentary deals with recommendation of essential oils of selected traditionally used aromatic plants as shelf life enhancer of herbal raw materials in view of their efficacy to protect them from microbial and mycotoxin contaminations and oxidative deteriorations during post-harvest processing. Such documentation of pharmacological efficacy of traditionally used aromatic plants would be also helpful in bioprospection of plant diversity against the act of biopiracy.