scholarly journals Essential oil composition of five Basil cultivars (Ocimum basilicum) from Albania

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nefrus Cheliku ◽  
Ivana Cvetkovikj Karanfilova ◽  
Gjoshe Stefkov ◽  
Marija Karapandzova ◽  
Nikoll Bardhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Essential Oil Composition ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Oil Composition ◽  
Methyl Chavicol ◽  
Sweet Basil ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Quantitative Analyses

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L., fam. Lamiaceae) is an important medicinal and aromatic plant with very wide range of uses. This paper presents qualitative and quantitative analyses of essential oils obtained from five types of Italian basil cultivars: Napolitan, Red basil, Fino Verde, Limonez, and Genoveze culltivated in Albania and collected during the summer 2012. The hydrodistilled BEO (Basil essential oil) content ranged from 0.11% to 3.40%. Within the total of 65 identified compounds with GC/FID/MS, nine were considered as predominant (1,8-cineole, linalool, cis-thujone, methyl chavicol, eugenol, trans-(E)-caryophyllene, trans-(α)-bergamotene, germacrene D, and epi-α-cadinol) representing 49.20 to 85.43% of the components in the analysed essential oils. In all cultivars, linalool was detected as the most abundant component (36.20-46.59%). BEO’s from all five cultivars differ in their chemical composition but generally conform to EO’s from Sweet Basil grown in the Medditeranean region. The Napolitan cultivar showed the largest similarity to Sweet Basil, not only for the morphology, also due to the essential oil composition that comprises Basil’s most dominant chemical components (linalool, methyl chavicol and eucalyptol) in particular percents.

scholarly journals Influence of Viral Infection on Essential Oil Composition of Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1100600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Nagai ◽  
Lígia M.L. Duarte ◽  
Déborah Y.A.C. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Viral Infection ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Essential Oil Composition ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Biotic Factors ◽  
Oil Composition ◽  
Tert Butyl ◽  
Sweet Basil ◽  
Abiotic And Biotic Factors

Ocimum basilicum L., popularly known as sweet basil, is a Lamiaceae species whose essential oil is mainly composed of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and phenylpropanoids. The contents of these compounds can be affected by abiotic and biotic factors such as infections caused by viruses. The main goal of this research was an investigation of the effects of viral infection on the essential oil profile of common basil. Seeds of O. basilicum L. cv. Genovese were sowed and kept in a greenhouse. Plants presenting two pairs of leaves above the cotyledons were inoculated with an unidentified virus isolated from a field plant showing chlorotic yellow spots and foliar deformation. Essential oils of healthy and infected plants were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GCMS. Changes in essential oil composition due to viral infection were observed. Methyleugenol and p-cresol,2,6-di- tert-butyl were the main constituents. However, methyleugenol contents were significantly decreased in infected plants.

scholarly journals Inflorescence and leaves essential oil composition of hydroponically grown Ocimum basilicum L.

2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 1361-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.B. Hassanpouraghdam ◽  
G.R. Gohari ◽  
S.J. Tabatabaei ◽  
M.R. Dadpour
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Essential Oil Composition ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Oil Composition ◽  
Food Industries ◽  
Sesquiterpene Hydrocarbons ◽  
Germacrene D ◽  
Potential Applicability ◽  
Hydroponically Grown

In order to characterize the essential oils of leaves and inflorescences, water distilled volatile oils of hydroponically grown Ocimum basilicum L. were analyzed by GC/EI-MS. Fifty components were identified in the inflorescence and leaf essential oils of the basil plants, accounting for 98.8 % and 99.9 % of the total quantified components respectively. Phenylpropanoids (37.7 % for the inflorescence vs. 58.3 % for the leaves) were the predominant class of oil constituents, followed by sesquiterpenes (33.3 % vs. 19.4 %) and monoterpenes (27.7 % vs. 22.1 %). Of the monoterpenoid compounds, oxygenated monoterpenes (25.2 % vs. 18.9 %) were the main subclass. Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (25 % vs. 15.9 %) possessed the main subclass of sesquiterpenoidal compounds as well. Methyl chavicol, a phenylpropane derivative, (37.2 % vs. 56.7 %) was the principle component of both organ oils, with up to 38 % and 57 % of the total identified components of the inflorescence and leaf essential oils, respectively. Linalool (21.1 % vs. 13.1 %) was the second common major component followed by ?-cadinol (6.1 % vs. 3 %), germacrene D (6.1 % vs. 2.7 %) and 1,8-cineole (2.4 % vs. 3.5 %). There were significant quantitative but very small qualitative differences between the two oils. In total, considering the previous reports, it seems that essential oil composition of hydroponically grown O. basilicum L. had volatile constituents comparable with field grown counterparts, probably with potential applicability in the pharmaceutical and food industries.

Ecological foliar fertilization effects on essential oil composition of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) cultivated in a field system

2018 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 104-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasilica Onofrei ◽  
Amina Benchennouf ◽  
Magdalena Jancheva ◽  
Sofia Loupassaki ◽  
Walid Ouaret ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Essential Oil Composition ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Oil Composition ◽  
Foliar Fertilization ◽  
Sweet Basil ◽  
Field System ◽  
Fertilization Effects

Effects of plant density on essential oil composition of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) cultivated in Turkey

Planta Medica ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Daneshian ◽  
B Gürbüz ◽  
A Ipek ◽  
B Cosge ◽  
N Arslan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Plant Density ◽  
Essential Oil Composition ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Oil Composition ◽  
Sweet Basil

scholarly journals Essential oil composition of Ocimum basilicum L. and Ocimum minimum L. in Turkey

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Özcan ◽  
J.-C. Chalchat
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Volatile Oil ◽  
Essential Oil Composition ◽  
Ocimum Basilicum ◽  
Methyl Eugenol ◽  
Geranyl Acetate ◽  
Oil Composition ◽  
Main Components

The constituents of essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation of the overground parts of Ocimum basilicum L. and Ocimum minimum L. from Turkey were examined by GC-MS. A total of 49 and 41 components, respectively, were identified accounting for 88.1% and 74.4% of the oils of O. basilicum and O. minimum, respectively. The oil of O. basilicum contained, as main components, methyl eugenol (78.02%), α-cubebene (6.17%), nerol (0.83%) and ε-muurolene (0.74%). Major compounds in the volatile oil of O. minimum were geranyl acetate (69.48%), terpinen-4-ol (2.35%) and octan-3-yl-acetate (0.72%). The essential oil of O. basilicum was characterised by its high content of methyl eugenol (78.02%), whereas the most important essential oil constituent of O. minimum was geranyl acetate (69.48%).    

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