Essential Oil Composition of Ocimum basilicum L. and Ocimum gratissimum L. from Algeria

[en] The constituents of essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation of the overground parts of Ocimum basilicum L. and Ocimum gratissimum L. from Algeria were examined by GC and GC-MS. A total of 46 and 43 components were identified accounting for 99.4 % and 97.7 % of O. basilicum and O. gratissimum oils, respectively. The oil of O. basilicum contained, as main components, linalool (44.7 %), linalyl acetate (14.0 %), 1,8-cineole (6.7 %), myrcene (5.6 %), α-terpineol (5.1 %), geranyl acetate (4.0 %), alloocimene (2.4 %), neryl acetate (2.4 %), elemol (2.1 %) and β-caryophyllene (1.3 %). Major compounds in the essential oil of O. gratissimum were eugenol (54.8 %), β-elemene (10.9 %), 1,8 cineole (4.1 %), α-humulene (3.8 %) linalool (2.1 %) and α-amorphene (2.1 %).

Disciplines :

Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...)

Author, co-author :

Brada, M.

Khelifa, L. H.

Achour, D.

Wathelet, Jean-Paul ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Chimie générale et organique

Lognay, Georges ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Analyse, qual. et risques - Labo. de Chimie analytique

Language :

English

Title :

Essential Oil Composition of Ocimum basilicum L. and Ocimum gratissimum L. from Algeria

Publication date :

2011

Journal title :

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

ISSN :

0972-060X

eISSN :

0976-5026

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Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom

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Pages :

810-814

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