Phytochemical Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) Essential Oil on Ground Beef from Boran and Nguni Cattle

Table 2

Bioactivity of phytocomponents identified in the essential oil of Sweet basil by GC-MS.

No	Compound	Compound Structure	Molecular Weight (g/mol)	Biological activities
1	alpha.-Pinene		136.24	antimicrobial
2	beta.-Myrcene		136,23	Antioxidant, antimicrobial
3	Eucalyptol		‎ 154.25	Antimicrobial
4	cis-Linaloloxide		170.25	Nematicidal
5	Levomenthol	‎	156.27	antimicrobial
6	Citral		152.24	Antioxidant, antimicrobial
7	Eugenol		164.20	Antioxidants, antimicrobial
8	Copaene		204,36	Antioxidant
9	Humulene		204.36	Anti-inflammatory
10	Nerolidol		222.37	Antioxidant, anticancer, antimicrobial
11	Estragole		148.2	Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory,