EXTRACTION AND GCIMS ANALYSIS OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF OCIMUM BASILICUM (CaMaRa)
Keywords:
Ocimum basilicum, Essential oil, Sesquiterpenes, GC/MS analysis.Abstract
A combination of GC ane!GC/MS has been used to characterise chemical composition or essential oil hydrodistilled
from comoro variety of Ocimum basilicum grown in various parts of Pakistan. Among the forty four compounds
identified, methyl chavicol (83.58-87.21 %), I, 8-cineol (2.45-3.37%), tinalool (0.04 - 2.69%) and methyl eugenol
(1.4 - 2.68%), are predominantly present while other compounds particularly monoterpenes and sesquirerpencs hydrocarbons
are found only in traces. Variations in the essential oil composition ami yield during hydrodistillation are also
reported.
Published
2022-06-09
How to Cite
RIAZ, M. ., KHALID , . M. R., HANIF , . M. ., & CHAUDHARY , . . F. M. . (2022). EXTRACTION AND GCIMS ANALYSIS OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF OCIMUM BASILICUM (CaMaRa). Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 37(9), 362–364. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2715
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