Extraction Of Essential Oil From Ocimum Lamiifolium Using Steam Distillation

Essential oils are very interesting natural plant products, and among other qualities they possess various biological properties. This study has been carried out to extract the essential oil from the leaves of Ocimum Lamiifolium using steam distillation. Ocimum Lamiifolium is an indigenous plant in Ethiopia and is locally called “Dama-Kesse’’ (in Amharic). It is among the commonly occurring Ocimum species that distributed in different regions of Ethiopia. The average optimum yield of the essential oil in percentage from 100 g of plant materials is 0.4133 ± 0.0208% (v/w) and extracted at a temperature of 85ºC, 4 h extraction time and

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