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ACTA ALIMENTARIA
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 111-118Publisher
AKADEMIAI KIADO ZRT
DOI: 10.1556/AAlim.44.2015.1.11
Keywords
basil; essential oil; monoterpenes; sesquiterpenes; phenylpropane derivates; ontogenesis; morphogenesis; environmental factor; extraction; drying; storage
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Basil has traditionally been used for a long time in medicine and gastronomy. Essential oil is the most important active substance of the drug, which influences the aroma and the effect of the plant. Although the compositions of essential oils vary in different basil cultivars, the main components are oxygenated monoterpenes and phenylpropane derivates. The high chemical variation is most likely caused by interspecific hybridization. Various factors, like genetic background, ontogenesis, morphogenesis, abiotic factors, essential oil extraction method, drying, and storage, are responsible for the variant essential oil composition.
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