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In the case of the basil plant the essential oil is formed mostly 

 in the green parts before the period of flowering. It accumulates 

 particularly in the inflorescence, and there is a marked decrease in the 



percentage of essential oil in the green parts during the process of 

 flowering. 



Charabot, in his study of basil oil, has determined that during the 

 period which precedes the appearance of the first inflorescence an essential 



