Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum L. growing in Eastern Kenya
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1 Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000, Nairobi, Kenya. 2 Department of Chemistry, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536, Njoro, Nakuru, Rift Valley, Kenya. 3 Department of Biochemistry, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536, Njoro, Nakuru, Rift Valley, Kenya. 4 Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Njoro, Nakuru, Kenya. 5 Department of Botany, Nairobi University, P.O. Box 29053, Nairobi, Kenya.
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