Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 79-86Publisher
MOLECULAR DIVERSITY PRESERVATION INTERNATIONAL
DOI: 10.3390/60100079
Keywords
Ocimum minimum; wounding; essential oil; linalool; eugenol; principal component analysis
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The effect of mechanical damage on the composition of the essential oil obtained from eugenol-rich Ocimum minimum leaves was determined over 48 hours. Changes in the levels of five oil-constituents were detected in the first post-wounding day but only one of those components (camphor) exhibited the same behaviour the day after. The levels of eugenol (-4.8%) and linalool (+2.5%) were affected the most by the wounding process. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed the post-wounding response to be independent from the pre-wounding levels of the particular compounds expressing the response and from the overall leaf oil-composition.
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