Extraction and parameter determination of essential oils from African Basil (mujaja) leaves

dc.contributor.author	Ignetius, Byomuhangi Jr
dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-02T16:16:26Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-02T16:16:26Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08-14
dc.description	A project report submitted to the Chemistry Department in partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry	en_US
dc.description.abstract	In this report, extraction and parameter determination of essential oils from African Basil leaves was done. African Basil is a perennial herb plant of lamiaceae family with a strong aromatic smell. The plant is a native of tropical countries of Africa and Asia where its used as aroma in tea,soup,and medicine. The aromatic smell is due to essential oils in the stem and leaves. Essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds known as volatile oils and contain essence of fragrance. It can be extracted from leaves, barks,flowers and stem. Different methods can be used to extract such as distillation, solvent extraction, absolute oil extraction resin tapping and cold pressing however in this project, steam distillation extraction method was used to extract oils from leaves.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/7504
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Makerere University	en_US
dc.subject	African Basil leaves	en_US
dc.title	Extraction and parameter determination of essential oils from African Basil (mujaja) leaves	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US