title: Composition of Essential Oil of Ocimum kilimandscharicum Grown in Rwanda1.
abstract: The essential oil of OCIMUM KILIMANDSCHARICUM Guerke, growing wild in Rwanda, was investigated by LSC, GLC and GC-MS. The oil contained 62% 1.8-cineole, indicating the occurrence of a new chemotype of the species concerned. In addition to 1.8-cineole, 16 oxygen-containing compounds and 14 monoterpene hydrocarbons were identified, of which limonene and beta-pinene were the main components. Most of the constituents were not previously known to be present in the essential oil of O. KILIMANDSCHARICUM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy, State University of Leiden, Gorlaeus Laboratories, P.O. Box 9502, NL-2300 RA Leiden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ntezurubanza
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Scheffer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Looman
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Svendsen