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Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oil of Ocimum basilicum Leaves from the Northern Region of Algeria
Hadj Khelifa, L.; Brada, Moussa; Brahmi, F. et al.
2012In Journal of Herbal Medicine, 1 (2), p. 53-58
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Keywords :
Ocimum basilicum; essential oil; linalool; linalyl acetate; antioxidant activity; DPPH
Abstract :
[en] Ocimum basilicum essential oil (Algerian species), which is extracted from dried leaves with an output of 1.98 ± 0.01%, is yellow pale. Its chemical composition has been investigated by GC/MS and GC/FID. Fourty compounds have been identified accounting for 97.4%. The major compounds were: Linalool (32.83%), linalyl acetate (16%), elemol (7.44%), geranyl acetate (6.18%), myrcene (6.12%), allo-ocimene (5.02%), α-terpineol (4.9%), (E)-β-ocimene (3.68%) and neryl acetate (3.45%). O. basilicum essential oil was screened for its in vitro antioxidant activity using DPPH assay. The results showed that the concentration of the essential oil needed to scavenge 50% of DPPH, was 83.54 mg/ml lower than that of vitamin E (22.0 mg/ml) and therefore acts as a natural antioxidant agent.
Disciplines :
Chemistry
Food science
Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...)
Author, co-author :
Hadj Khelifa, L.
Brada, Moussa
Brahmi, F.
Achour, D.
Fauconnier, Marie-Laure  ;  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 :
Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oil of Ocimum basilicum Leaves from the Northern Region of Algeria
Publication date :
2012
Journal title :
Journal of Herbal Medicine
ISSN :
2210-8033
eISSN :
2210-8041
Publisher :
Elsevier
Volume :
1
Issue :
2
Pages :
53-58
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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