Steam-distilled Basil Essential Oil for Strawberry Preservation and Its Effects on Fruit Quality
Yuxuan Wu & Xiaoyan Li · Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry · 2026
Aims: To compare the yields of basil essential oils (BEOs) extracted from Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum) and sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) by steam distillation, with or without cellulase-pectinase pretreatment, and to evaluate the recovered oils as natural f...
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10.9734/ajrb/2026/v16i5518