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

Universal Journal of Food Science and Technology | Vol 1, Issue 1

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