INTRODUCTION

• Essential oils are colourless liquids consisting of organic, aromatic, volatile and lipid-soluble molecules.

They are widely used as a perfume due to their distinctive scent. food and beverage industries, they are used as flavouring agentsfor example, vanilla essential oil and cardamom essential oil.

• The Food and Drug Administration has categorised about 300 essential oils as Generally Recognised as Safe (GRAS).

• Recently, they have gained attention for their use as natural food preservatives due to their antimicrobial and antioxidant properties.

• There is also an increasing interest in incorporating essential oils as a valuable ingredient in dietary supplements and nutraceuticals [1].