chapter 1. Origin, history, diffusion / Angelo Di Giacomo and Giovanni Dugo -- chapter 2. Citrus x bergamia Risso & Poiteau : botanical classification, morphology, and anatomy / Antonio Rapisarda and Maria Paola German ̣-- chapter 3. Cultural practices / Florin Gazea -- chapter 4. Bergamot diseases / Giovanni Enrico Agosteo, Santa Olga Cacciola, Pasquale Cavallaro, Gaetano Magnano di San Lio, and Mariateresa Russo -- chapter 5. Bergamot in the Calabrian economy and the role of Consorzio del Bergamotto / Francesco Crispo -- chapter 6. Transformation industry / Angelo Di Giacomo and Vilfredo Raymo -- chapter 7. Current day chromatography-based strategies and possibilities in Bergamot essential oil analysis / Peter Quinto Tranchida, Paola Dugo, Luigi Mondello, and Giovanni Dugo -- chapter 8. The composition of the volatile fraction of peel oils / Giovanni Dugo, Antonella Cotroneo, Ivana Bonaccorsi, and Maria Restuccia -- chapter 9. Composition of leaf oils / Giovanni Dugo and Ivana Bonaccorsi -- chapter 10. Bergamot peel and leaf extracts by supercritical fluids : technology and composition / Mariateresa Russo and Rosa Di Sanzo -- chapter 11. Enantiomeric distribution of volatile components in Bergamot peel oils and petitgrain / Luigi Mondello, Danilo Sciarrone, Carla Ragonese, and Giovanni Dugo -- chapter 12. The oxygen heterocyclic compounds / Paola Dugo, Marina Russo, Germana Torre, and Giovanni Dugo -- chapter 13. Adulteration of Bergamot oil / Ivana Bonaccorsi, Luisa Schipilliti, and Giovanni Dugo -- chapter 14. The composition of Bergamot juice / Giovanni Dugo and Alessandra Trozzi -- chapter 15. HMG-Flavonoids in Bergamot fruits : identification and assay of natural statins by recently developed mass spectrometric methods / Naim Malaj, Giselda Gallucci, Elvira Romano, and Giovanni Sindona -- chapter 16. Limonoids of Bergamot : occurrence and biological properties / Roberto Romeo and Maria Assunta Chiacchio -- chapter 17. Chemical contamination of Bergamot essential oils / Giacomo Dugo, Giuseppa Di Bella, and Marcello Saitta -- chapter 18. Bergamot and its use in perfumery / Norbert Bijaoui -- chapter 19. Bergamot in foods and beverages / Terence Radford -- chapter 20. Antimicrobial activity of citrus bergamia Risso & Poiteau / Francesco Pizzimenti, Antonia Nostro, and Andreana Marino -- chapter 21. Pharmacological activity of essential oils and juice / Antonella Saija, Giuseppe Bisignano, and Francesco Cimino -- chapter 22. Bergapten (5-MOP) from plants to drugs / Paul Forlot, Frederic Bourgaud, and Paul Pevet -- chapter 23. Uses of juice and by-products / Rosario Lo Curto -- chapter 24. Bergamot oil legislation / David A. Moyler.