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Characteristic Components Found in the Essential Oil of Ocimum basilicum L.
Author(s) -
Hasegawa Yoshihiro,
Tajima Katsuhiko,
Toi Nao,
Sugimura Yukio
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(199705)12:3<195::aid-ffj632>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - basilicum , ocimum , chemistry , cultivar , essential oil , steam distillation , solvent extraction , column (typography) , chromatography , distillation , gas chromatography , extraction (chemistry) , botany , mathematics , biology , geometry , connection (principal bundle)
The essential oils produced from 9 different cultivars of Ocimum basilicum L. were analysed by GC–MS, and classified into five cultivar groups. The oil from a local cultivar in the Philippines, rich in estragol, was examined in more detail by solvent extraction, distillation and column chromatography when many unusual volatile components, not detected previously in basil oils, were identified. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.