Two cultivars of Ocimum sanctum Shyama and Ocimum sanctum Rama on hydrodistillation resulted in the isolation of 0.41% & 0.43% of oils (w/v) on fresh weight basis respectively. GC and GC-MS analysis of Ocimum sanctum Shyama resulted in the identification of 34 constituents comprising 98.3% of the oil, of which the major ones were methyl eugenol (67.8%) and (E)caryophyllene (17.1%). On the other hand GC and GC-MS analysis of Ocimum sanctum Rama resulted in the identification of 39 constituents comprising 98% of the oil, where eugenol (46.2%), (E)caryophyllene (27.6%) and β-elemene (16.3%) were the major constituents of the oils,
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