Research Article
Phytochemical Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) Essential Oil on Ground Beef from Boran and Nguni Cattle
Table 1
Chemical composition of sweet basil leaf essential oil.
| No | Compounds | Retention indices | Formula | Retention Time (min) | % Peak Area |
| 1 | alpha.-Pinene | 935 | | 3.946 | 0.13 | 2 | beta.-Myrcene | 991 | | 4.295 | 1.11 | 3 | 4-Hexen-1-ol, acetate | 857 | | 4.428 | 0.22 | 4 | Eucalyptol | 1033 | | 4.738 | 3.51 | 5 | cis-Linaloloxide | 1090 | | 5.055 | 0.75 | 6 | 1,6-Octadien-3-ol, 3,7-dimethyl | 1099 | | 5.261 | 29.49 | 7 | Methyl ethyl cyclopentene | 1113 | | 5.632 | 0.08 | 8 | l-Menthone | 1128 | | 5.757 | 0.48 | 9 | Levomenthol | 1172 | ā | 5.908 | 1.81 | 10 | Estragole | 1206 | | 6.063 | 41.40 | 11 | N-Cyano-3-methylbut-2-enamine | 1238 | | 6.403 | 3.08 | 12 | Citral | 1270 | | 6.573 | 3.13 | 13 | Cyclohexene, 4-methyl-1-(1-methyle thyl) | 977.5 | | 6.739 | 0.42 | 14 | Phenol, 2,3,5-trimethyl | 1492 | | 7.101 | 0.18 | 15 | Eugenol | 1358 | | 7.185 | 0.40 | 16 | Formic acid, cyclohexyl ester | 1304 | | 7.300 | 0.40 | 17 | Copaene | 1495 | | 7.395 | 0.38 | 18 | cis-7,10,13,16-Docosatetraenoic acid, methyl ester | 1393 | | 7.468 | 0.55 | 19 | Neoisolongifolene | 1411 | | 7.635 | 0.20 | 20 | trans-.alpha.-Bergamotene | 1433 | | 7.733 | 5.32 | 21 | Alloaromadendrene | 1452 | | 7.852 | 0.12 | 22 | Humulene | 1432 | | 7.941 | 0.59 | 23 | beta.-copaene | 1477 | | 8.100 | 0.71 | 24 | beta.-Bisabolene | 1509 | | 8.172 | 0.38 | 25 | cis-muurola-3,5-diene | 1502 | | 8.309 | 0.18 | 26 | cis-.alpha.-Bisabolene | 1504 | | 8.375 | 1.92 | 27 | Nerolidol | 1535 | | 8.471 | 0.08 | 28 | trans-4-Methoxycinnamaldehyde | 1569.8 | | 8.574 | 0.71 | 29 | Benzeneacetic acid,.alpha.-hydrox | 1517 | ā | 8.767 | 0.06 | 30 | Phenylethanolamine | 1298 | | 8.767 | 0.09 | 31 | 3-Methyl-2-phenylindole | 1710 | | 12.737 | 0.01 | 32 | N-Benzyl-N-ethyl-p-isopropylbenzamide | 1973 | | 13.520 | 0.38 |
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