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Chemical Features of Some Essential Oils ofOcimum basilicumL. from Benin

Mansour Moudachirou, Eléonore Chikani Yayi, Jean‐Claude Chalchat, Claire Lartigue

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Essential oils from leaves of Ociimum basilicum collected in different areas of Benin were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Two chemotypes were identified, one rich in methyl chavicol (87-90%) and the other containing linalool (45.3%), eugenol (15%), (Z,Z)-α-farnesene (6.7%) and T-cadinol (5%).

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Essential oils from leaves of Ociimum basilicum collected in different areas of Benin were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Two chemotypes were identified, one rich in methyl chavicol (87-90%) and the other containing linalool (45.3%), eugenol (15%), (Z,Z)-α-farnesene (6.7%) and T-cadinol (5%).

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Essential oils from leaves of Ociimum basilicum collected in different areas of Benin were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Two chemotypes were identified, one rich in methyl chavicol (87-90%) and the other containing linalool (45.3%), eugenol (15%), (Z,Z)-α-farnesene (6.7%) and T-cadinol (5%).

Key concepts: Ocimum, Basilicum, Linalool, Chemotype, Eugenol, Essential oil, Methyl eugenol, Botany

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