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Table 1 Chemical composition of essential oils of Ocimum basilicum var.purpureum, Ocium basilicum var. thyrsiflora, Ocimum citriodorum

From: Chemical composition and some biological activities of the essential oils from basil Ocimum different cultivars

Chemical components

Relative Retention Indexa

O. basilicum var. purpureum, %b

O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora, %

O. x citriodorum, %

1-octen-3-ol

979

0,2

-

0,1

1-8- Cineole

1035

1.40

3.50

-

(Z) -β-Ocimene

1058

-

-

0.24

γ-Terpinene

1078

-

-

0.22

Fenhone

1089

-

-

0.32

Linalool

1100

18.00

68.00

9.42

Camphor

1146

1.30

1.35

-

α - Terpineol

1181

-

-

0.62

Methyl chavicol

1203

57.3

20.00

9.45

Nerol

1231

-

-

23.00

Neral

1244

-

-

4.93

Geraniol

1259

  

5.20

Geranial

1274

-

-

15.77

Bornyl acetate

1291

0.13

-

-

Neryl acetate

1321

-

-

0.65

Methyl cinnamate

1338

-

-

0.49

β-Elemene

1387

3.62

0.67

0.53

β -Caryophyllene

1419

1.72

-

7.80

β –Copaene

1428

0.28

-

0.56

trans-α-Bergamotene

1433

4.34

1.34

3.52

α-Humulene

1455

0.55

0.28

1.52

cis- β-Farnesene

1472

0.31

-

0.48

Germacrene d

1482

0.68

0.17

-

β-Cubebene

1497

-

0.75

2.26

α-Bulnesene

1502

1.39

0.68

0.47

α-Amorphen

1510

1.54

0.69

-

δ-Cadinene

1518

-

-

0.38

Aromadendrene

1529

1.67

0.28

-

Spathulenol

1544

0.68

-

-

Caryophyllene oxide

1550

0.57

-

-

α –Bisabolene

1561

-

-

2.29

β - Bisabolenene

1572

-

-

8.31

α-Bisabolol

1642

-

-

0.29

  1. afor HP-5 capillary column
  2. b%: Calculated from MIC data