Essential oil composition from twelve varieties of basil (Ocimum spp) grown in Colombia
Essential oil compositions of aerial parts from twelve basil cultivars (Ocimum spp) were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Ten of them were characterized by the presence of a high percentage of methyl cinnamate (35-80%), which defined the chemotype for these varieties. Only o...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2003-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532003000500008 |