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Chemical composition and some biological activities of the essential oils from basil Ocimum different cultivars

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Avetisyan, Arpi, Markosian, Anahit, Petrosyan, Margarit, Sahakyan, Naira, Babayan, Anush, Aloyan, Samvel, Trchounian, Armen·2017·BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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BACKGROUND: The plants belonging to the Ocimum genus of the Lamiaceae family are considered to be a rich source of essential oils which have expressed biological activity and use in different area of human activity. There is a great variety of chemotypes within the same basil species. Essential oils from three different cultivars of basil, O. basilicum var. purpureum, O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora, and O. citriodorum Vis. were the subjects of our investigations. METHODS: The oils were obtained by steam distillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus. The gas chromatography mass selective analysis was used to determine their chemical composition. The antioxidant activities of these essential oils were measured using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl assays; the tyrosinase inhibition abilities of the given group of oils were also assessed spectophotometrically, and the antimicrobial activity of the essential oils was determined by the agar diffusion method, minimal inhibitory concentrations were expressed. RESULTS: According to the results, the qualitative and quantitative composition of essential oils was quite different: O. basilicum var. purpureum essential oil contained 57.3% methyl-chavicol (estragol); O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora oil had 68.0% linalool. The main constituents of O. citriodorum oil were nerol (23.0%) and citral (20.7%). The highest antioxidant activity was demonstrated by O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora essential oil. This oil has also exhibited the highest tyrosinase inhibition level, whereas the oil from O. citriodorum cultivar demonstrated the highest antimicrobial activity. CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained indicate that these essential oils have antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal activity and can be used as natural antioxidant and antimicrobial agents in medicine, food industry and cosmetics.

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  • Classification based on volatile oil composition requires distillation and fractionation of oils, and chemotype classification based on only one major volatile oil is erroneous because one plant may contain two or more chemical compounds in nearly equal amounts.

    “Furthermore, classification based on volatile oil composition requires the distillation and fractionation of oils, and the chemotype classification based on only one major volatile oil is erroneous as one plant may contain two or more chemical compounds in nearly equal amounts [15,20,21].”

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Authors
Avetisyan, A., Markosian, A., Petrosyan, M., Sahakyan, N., Babayan, A., Aloyan, S., & Trchounian, A.
Affiliations
Yerevan State University (AM)
Venue
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Published
2017-01-19
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
60-60
ISSN
1472-6882 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2573674331
Cited by
186
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 2
FWCI
14.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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cc-by
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  • BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
State Committee of Science (Basic support)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants
Keywords
basil essential oil, chemotypes, estragole, linalool, nerol, citral, antioxidant activity, tyrosinase inhibition, antimicrobial activity, antifungal activity, natural antioxidants, natural antimicrobials
MeSH terms
Anti-Infective Agents, Colorimetry, Oils, Volatile, Plant Oils, Species Specificity, Monophenol Monooxygenase, Free Radical Scavengers, Ocimum

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