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Planta Med 1984; 50(5): 385-388
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969744
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Composition of Essential Oil of Ocimum kilimandscharicum Grown in Rwanda1

L. Ntezurubanza2 , 3 , J. J. C. Scheffer2 , A. Looman2 , A. Baerheim Svendsen2
  • 2Department of Pharmacognosy, State University of Leiden, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 9502, NL-2300 RA Leiden
  • 3Université Nationale du Rwanda, Centre Universitaire de Recherche sur la Pharmacopée et la Médecine Traditionelle (Curphametra), B.P. 117, Butare, Rwanda
1 Dedicated to Prof. Dr. R. Hegnauer on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Abstract

The essential oil of Ocimum kilimandscharicum Guerke, growing wild in Rwanda, was investigated by LSC, GLC and GC-MS. The oil contained 62% 1.8-cineole, indicating the occurrence of a new chemotype of the species concerned. In addition to 1.8-cineole, 16 oxygen-containing compounds and 14 monoterpene hydrocarbons were identified, of which limonene and β-pinene were the main components. Most of the constituents were not previously known to be present in the essential oil of O. kilimandscharicum.

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