Effect of plant ontogeny on yield and chemical constituents of essential oil in Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) grown in Sudan

Aburigal, Yasmin Adam Ali and Elmogtaba, Elfadl Y. and Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed and Sirible, Awatif A. M. and Hamza, Nada and Hussein, Ismail Hassan (2018) Effect of plant ontogeny on yield and chemical constituents of essential oil in Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) grown in Sudan. In: 5th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2018), 19th-20th September 2018, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), belonging to family Lamiaceae, is very important for its therapeutic and cosmetic potential. The yield and constituents of essential oils in plants are highly dependent on the harvesting time. This study was carried out to assess the effect of plant ontogeny on essential oil yield and chemical constituents for four sweet basil accessions cultivated under irrigation conditions. The essential oils were hydro-distilled from the leaves harvested during the stages of pre-flowering, at flowering and post-flowering. The chemical constituents were determined by GC-MS. The results reveal that the essential oil content ranged from 0.1% to 0.2% at the pre-flowering stage, whereas the oil content obtained at the post-flowering stage was 0.1% for all investigated accessions. The highest essential oil content was recorded at flowering stage (0.2-0.5%). The two wild Sudanese accessions had the maximum content (0.5%). The major chemical constituents, linalool, citral, methyl eugenol, and eucalyptol reported at different developmental stages, varied between 5.73% and 32.93%.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	4971/67326
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sweet basil, accessions, plant ontogeny, essential oil, chemical constituents
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	A Prof Elwathig Mirghani
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2018 15:08
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2018 15:08
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/67326

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