Ocimum basilicum , CIM-Saumya
| About Plant | Ocimum basilicum (Family: Lamiaceae) is an erect glabrous herb. It is indigenous to India. The genus Ocimum (Lamiaceae), collectively called basil, an important economic and medicinal herb, imprises about sixty-five species widespread in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world |
| Plant Variety | CIM-Saumya |
| Major Constituents of Variety | Methyl chavicol 62.54%, linalool 24.61% |
| Essential Oil | Ocimum basilicum CIM-Saumya essential oil
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| Compounds in essential Oil | 1,8-cineole , ß-ocimene , Linalool , L-camphor , Methyl chavicol (estragole), Eugenol, ß-elemene , Methyl eugenol , ß-caryophyllene , alpha-humulene , Germacrene-D, Bicyclogermacrene , gamma-candinene , alpha-amorphene , ß-cubebene , |
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| Contributor | RK Lal, SPS Khanuja, AK Agnihotri, AK Shasany, AA Naqvi, S Dwivedi, HO Mishra,OP Dhawan, A Kalra, A Singh, JR Bahl, S Singh, DD Patra, S Agarwal, MP Darokar,AK Gupta, ML Gupta and R Chandra |
| Year of Release | 2003 |
| Reference | An early, short duration, high essential oil, methyl chavicol and linalool yielding variety of Indian basil (Ocimum basilicum) ’Cim-Saumya’. J. Med. Arom. Pl. Sci (2004) 26:77-78. |
