In constant effort to improve the quality of life, man has used plants as source of food, shelter, clothing, medicine, and cosmetics and for seeking relief from hardship of life. While all plants synthesize some amount of aromatic compounds in their different parts, some plants including the so called aromatic grasses belonging to the genus Cymbopogon accumulate such large amounts of them in leaves, inflorescences, and/or in roots that these can be obtained as ...
