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Natural Product Research Laboratory, Wendo Genet Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Chemotypic Characterization of Ocimum basilicum L. Essential Oils for Ethiopian Genotypes
  Author(s): Bekri Melka Abdo*, Weldemariam Geja and Weretaw Sisay
  
  Affirmation of variability among Ocimum basilicum L. genotypes is quite sure through sole morphological description. Furthermore, chemical print enhances confidence about the presence of varieties within genotypes. Characterizing the chemical compositions of essential oils for morphologically classified Ocimum basilicum genotypes was an aim for this work. Hydro distillation of the fresh leaves of Ocimum basilicum genotypes were acquired an essential oil yield of the range 0.09-0.26%. Totally, 36 compounds were identified by GC-MS analysis of Ocimum basilicum essential oil. Thus, a major compound of Bisabolene (45.79% and 43.92%), Eugenol (13.96% and 12.08%) and Estragole (13.35% and 10.15%) were characterized for 01WOL and 02WOL genotypes of Ocimum basilicum respectively. The genotype 03HAD was abundant in Bisabo.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0412.21.10.366

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