Aroma content of fresh basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) leaves is affected by light reflected from colored mulches
Aroma content of fresh basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) leaves is affected by light reflected from colored mulches
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DOI:
10.1021/jf021076c
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发表时间:
2003-04-09
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Kasperbauer, MJ
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作者:
Loughrin, JH;Kasperbauer, MJ
Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is an herb that is used to add a distinct aroma and flavor to food. Volatile compounds emitted from fully expanded fresh leaves grown in drip-irrigated plots that were covered with six colors of mulch were compared. The colors reflected a range of photosynthetic photon flux, far-red, red, and blue light from the soil surface to developing leaves. Our objective was to determine whether reflection from the different colors could influence concentrations of volatile compounds emitted from the fresh leaves. Volatile compounds were isolated by headspace sampling and quantified by gas chromatography. Twenty-six compounds were identified, of which the terpenoids linalool and 1,8-cineole comprised more than 50% of the total yield. Concentrations of volatile compounds from leaves that developed over green, blue, yellow, white, and red mulches followed the same patterns as they did for air-dried leaves of the same cultivar. However, the concentration of volatile compounds from fresh leaves was about 50-fold higher than those found in the previous study of air-dried leaves.