Abstract

Dina Salah Eldin Mohammad* and Hassan S. Khalid

ABSTRACT

Ocimum basilicum L. (basil) belonging to the plant family Lamiaceae, and the genus sensuality, comprises 65 species (Paton & Harley, 1999). Basil leaves containing essential oils of distinctive aroma can be used both fresh and dried to spice up various kinds of meals (Grayer et al., 2004).And Ocimum gratissimum L. (Family Lamiaceae) commonly called basil, is a culinary herb with pungent sweet smell. Propagation of basil is through seeds and also reliably from cuttings, the foliage is commonly used fresh in cooked recipes or added at the last moment, as cooking quickly destroys the flavor (Onajobi 1986). The present study was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial, antioxidant, most active of Cytotoxicity activity. Essential oil of O. basilicum leaves showed different peaks nineteen Compounds indentified. The Compounds with high percentage area were Eugenol (54.78%), Caryophyllene (15.93%), Cyclohexane, 1-ethenyl-1-methyl-2-(1-methylethenyl)-4-(1-methylethylidene) -(7.47%). Essential oil of O. gratissimum leaves showed different peaks forty six Compounds indentified. The Compounds with high percentage area were Benzene, 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(1-propenyl)-( 53.51%), Bicyclo[4.4.0] dec-1-ene, 2-isopropyl(4.12%), Eugenol (7.26%).