Effect of Drying Methods and Drying Days on Essential Oil Content and Physicochemical Properties of Basil (Ocimumbasilicum) Varieties in Ethiopia

Table 3.

Chemical composition of two Basil Variety essential oil

No

Compound name

Basil 02

Basil 05

RT (min)

% Area

RT (min)

% Area

1

Butyl acrylate

4.32

2.76

4.32

3.12

2

Eucalyptol

7.94

7.39

7.93

2.49

3

Linalool

10.34

4.93

10.40

14.08

4

Epi-camphor. beta. -Camphor

12.04

4.22

12.04

3.00

5

Estragole

14.24

5.96

14.23

2.47

6

phenylpropionate CINNAMIC ACID

21.95

10.16

22.09

32.96

7

. beta. –Bisabolene

27.07

14.26

27.01

4.32

8

Eugenol

20.95

15.16

20.87

3.70

9

Caryophyllene

23.36

2.99

ND

ND

10

Humulene

24.73

2.22

ND

ND

11

beta. –Cubebene

25.85

3.63

ND

ND

12

alpha-Bergamotene

28.39

12.32

ND

ND

13

alpha-Bergamotene

ND

ND

24.08

3.94

14

 beta cubebene

ND

ND

25.85

2.28

15

cis-beta-Elemene

ND

ND

26.44

2.80

16

5β-Androsterone

ND

ND

28.33

3.40

17

1H- naphthalene

ND

ND

31.67

5.25

18

Quinoxalinone

ND

ND

31.97

2.07

19

E- sesquisabinene hydrate

ND

ND

32.7

3.16