Open AccessBasil (Ocimum basilicum L.) essential oil and extracts obtained by supercritical fluid extraction
Author(s) -
Zoran Zeković,
Snežana Filip,
Senka Vidović,
Dušan Adamović,
Ahmed M. Elgndi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta periodica technologica/acta periodica technologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.134
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2406-095X
pISSN - 1450-7188
DOI - 10.2298/apt1546259z
Subject(s) - ocimum , basilicum , eugenol , linalool , chemistry , essential oil , supercritical fluid , supercritical fluid extraction , extraction (chemistry) , chromatography , supercritical carbon dioxide , traditional medicine , organic chemistry , medicine
The extracts obtained from sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) by hydrodistillation and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) were qualitative and quantitative analyzed by GC-MS and GC-FID. Essential oil (EO) content of basil sample, determined by an official method, was 0.565% (V/w). The yields of basil obtained by SFE were from 0.719 to 1.483% (w/w), depending on the supercritical fluid (carbon dioxide) density (from 0.378 to 0.929 g mL-1). The dominant compounds detected in all investigated samples (EO obtained by hydrodistillation and different SFE extracts) were: linalool, as the major compound of basil EO (content from 10.14 to 49.79%, w/w), eugenol (from 3.74 to 9.78%) and ä-cardinene (from 3.94 to 8.07%). The quantitative results of GC-MS from peak areas and by GC-FID using external standard method involving main standards, were compared and discussed. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR 31013