Composition of the Essential Oils ofOcimum basilicumvar.glabratumandRosmarinus officinalisfrom Turkey

Abstract

Water-distilled volatiles of Ocimum basilicum var. glabratum and Rosmarinus officinalis gathered in Turkey were analyzed by means of GC, GC/MS, ¹H-NMR and ¹³C-NMR. O. basilicum oil was found to contain linalool (43.73%) and (E)-methyl cinnamate (27.28%) as the major constituents whereas 1,8-cineole (36.91%), borneol (17.50%) and p-cymene (10.50%) were shown to dominate R. officinalis oil.