Phytochemical characterization of essential oil from Ocimum selloi

RESUMO

Ocimum selloi Benth, a native plant of Brazil, has medicinal uses as anti-diarrheic, antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory product. The yield of essential oils of the inflorescences, containing flowers and seeds, was 0.6 percent, and the yield of leaves, collected in two different seasons, was 0.25 percent (June 2000) and 0.20 percent (January 2001), respectively. The essential oils of the inflorescences and leaves presented as major constituents trans-anethol (41.34 percent, 45.42 percent, 58.59 percent) and methyl chavicol (27.10 percent, 24.14 percent, 29.96 percent)