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Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) essential oil and extracts obtained by supercritical fluid extraction
The extracts obtained from sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) by
hydrodistillation and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) were qualitative
and quantitative analyzed by GC-MS and GC-FID. Essential oil (EO) content of
basil sample, determined by an official method, was 0.565% (V/w). The yields
of basil obtained by SFE were from 0.719 to 1.483% (w/w), depending on the
supercritical fluid (carbon dioxide) density (from 0.378 to 0.929 g mL-1).
The dominant compounds detected in all investigated samples (EO obtained by
hydrodistillation and different SFE extracts) were: linalool, as the major
compound of basil EO (content from 10.14 to 49.79%, w/w), eugenol (from 3.74
to 9.78%) and ä-cardinene (from 3.94 to 8.07%). The quantitative results of
GC-MS from peak areas and by GC-FID using external standard method involving
main standards, were compared and discussed. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke
Republike Srbije, br. TR 31013