The history of herbs, medicinal and aromatic plants, and their extracts: past, current situation and future perspectives / Ilias Giannenas, E. Sidiropoulou, Eleftherios Bonos, E. Christaki, and P. Florou-Paneri -- Innovative uses of aromatic plants as natural supplements in nutrition / E. Christaki, Ilias Giannenas, Eleftherios Bonos, and P. Florou-Paneri -- Herbs and aromatic plants as feed additives: aspects of composition, safety, and registration rules / Ch M. Franz, K.H.C. Baser, and I. Hahn-Ramssl -- Sustainable use of mediterranean medicinal-aromatic plants / Katerina Grigoriadou, Nikos Krigas, Diamanto Lazari, and Eleni Maloupa -- Aromatic plants and their extracts pharmacokinetics and in vitro/in vivo mechanisms of action / Ivana Cabarkapa, Nikola Puvaca, Sanja Popovic, Dusica Colovic, Ljiljana Kostadinovic, Eleanor Karp Tatham, and Jovanka Levic -- Distribution of aromatic plants in the world and their properties / Amit Kumar Pandey, Prafulla Kumar, M. J. Saxena, and Prabhakar Maurya -- Herbal extracts as antiviral agents / A. R. Yasmin, S. L. Chia, Q. H. Looi, A. R. Omar, M. M. Noordin, and A. Ideris -- Functional ingredients derived from aromatic plants / Sonia A. Socaci, Anca C. Farcas, and Maria Tofana -- Toxic or harmful components of aromatic plants in animal nutrition / Maria Grazia Cappai and Sabine Aboling -- Applications of aromatic plants and their extracts in diets of broiler chickens / Li-Zhi Jin, Yueming Dersjant-Li, and Ilias Giannenas -- Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in the diets of laying hens / David Harrington, Heidi Hall, David Wilde, and Wendy Wakeman -- Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in diets of turkeys / Mehmet Bozkurt and Ahmet Enging T�uz�un -- Application of plant essential oils in pig diets / Hong-Kui Wei, Jun Wang, Chuanshang Cheng, Li-Zhi Jin, and Jian Peng -- Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in aquaculture / �Angel Hern�andez-Contreras and Mar�ia Dolores Hern�andez -- Application of aromatic plants and their extracts in dairy animals / Mariangela Caroprese, Maria Giovanna Ciliberti, and Marzia Albenzio -- The effects of aromatic plants and their extracts in food products / Bojana Filipcev -- The effects of plant extracts on the immune system of livestock: the isoquinoline alkaloids model / Valeria Artuso-Ponte, Anja Pastor, and Manfred Andratsch -- Effects of phytobiotics in healthy or disease challenged animals / Ioannis Skoufos, Eleftherios Bonos, Ioannis Anastasiou, Anastasios Tsinas, and Athina Tzora -- Resistance bacteria, fungi, and parasites to antibiotics or natural substance of botanical origin / Christos Papaneophytou, Ilias Giannenas, and Catalin Dragomir