2658-6533Research Results in Biomedicine2658-653310.18413/2313-8955-2015-1-3-97-103479Archive categoriesINVESTIGATION OF OCIMUM BASILICUM L. ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF THE FLORA OF BELGOROD REGIONINVESTIGATION OF OCIMUM BASILICUM L. ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF THE FLORA OF BELGOROD REGIONSevrukInna A.SevrukInna A.sevruk@bsu.edu.ruNovikovOleg O.NovikovOleg O.ole9222@yandex.ruPisarevDmitri I.PisarevDmitri I.juniper05@mail.ruMalyutinaAnastasia Yu.MalyutinaAnastasia Yu.malyutina_a@bsu.edu.ruAlekseevaKseniya A.AlekseevaKseniya A.740890@bsu.edu.ru20151300

Ocimum basilicum L. is one of the most promising plants for medicine. The O. basilicum L. herb is used in folk medicine as an expectorant, anti-inflammatory agent, in gastritis, colitis, nephritis and other diseases. Numerous studies revealed that the O. basilicum L. essential oil in the experiment has a good antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity. The method of gas chromatography − mass spectrometry has determined the chemical composition of the essential oil in n-hexane extraction of O. basilicum L. growing on the territory of Belgorod Region. It was found that it contains 11 components, the dominant of which are monoterpene alcohol − β-linalool, phenol − eugenol and sesquiterpene − germakren D. Besides, it contains high molecular weight aliphatic alcohol − phytol in significant amounts. The studied sample can be attributed to linalool-eugenol type. Eugenol significantly predominates in the amount, so in the future the standardization of the O. basilicum L. raw material can be done in terms of this component.

Ocimum basilicum L. is one of the most promising plants for medicine. The O. basilicum L. herb is used in folk medicine as an expectorant, anti-inflammatory agent, in gastritis, colitis, nephritis and other diseases. Numerous studies revealed that the O. basilicum L. essential oil in the experiment has a good antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity. The method of gas chromatography − mass spectrometry has determined the chemical composition of the essential oil in n-hexane extraction of O. basilicum L. growing on the territory of Belgorod Region. It was found that it contains 11 components, the dominant of which are monoterpene alcohol − β-linalool, phenol − eugenol and sesquiterpene − germakren D. Besides, it contains high molecular weight aliphatic alcohol − phytol in significant amounts. The studied sample can be attributed to linalool-eugenol type. Eugenol significantly predominates in the amount, so in the future the standardization of the O. basilicum L. raw material can be done in terms of this component.

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