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Specimens of Ocimum basilicum L., O. grattisimum and O. sauve L. were collected at Coyah, Kindia and Faranah in the Republic of Guinea (voucher specimens were deposited in the herbarium of the Environmental Studies and Research Center (ERSC), University of Conakry-Guinea). Steam distillation of the specimens was done at ESRC. The essential oil obtained was analysed by GC and GC – MS, and had the following major constituents: linalool (69%), eugenol (10%), t-α-bergamotene (3%) and thymol (2%) for O. basilicum; thymol (46%), p-cymeme (12%) and γ-terpene+t-sabiene hydrate (17%) for O. gratissimum; and p-cymeme (59%), α-thujene (10%), myrcene (7%) and thymol (7%) for O. sauve. A list of compounds is given for each plant species.
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