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Composition of Essential Oil of Ocimum kilimandscharicum Grown in Rwanda1
L Ntezurubanza1, J J Scheffer, A Looman
1Department of Pharmacognosy, State University of Leiden, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 9502, NL-2300 RA Leiden.
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 beta-pinene were the main components. Most of the constituents were not previously known to be present in the essential oil of O. KILIMANDSCHARICUM.
