%0 Journal Article
%T Phytochemical characterization of essential oil from Ocimum selloi
%A MORAES LILIA A.S.
%A FACANALI ROSELAINE
%A MARQUES MARCIA ORTIZ M.
%A LIN CHAU MING
%J Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ci¨ºncias
%D 2002
%I Academia Brasileira de Ci¨ºncias
%X Ocimum selloi Benth, a native plant of Brazil, has medicinal uses as anti-diarrheic, antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory product. The yield of essential oils of the inflorescences, containing flowers and seeds, was 0.6%, and the yield of leaves, collected in two different seasons, was 0.25% (June 2000) and 0.20% (January 2001), respectively. The essential oils of the inflorescences and leaves presented as major constituents trans-anethol (41.34%, 45.42%, 58.59%) and methyl chavicol (27.10%, 24.14%, 29.96%).
%K medicinal plants
%K Ocimum selloi
%K essential oil
%K leaves
%K inflorescence
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