Resumo

CHALALA, Madeline et al. Lavado y desinfectación de Ocimum basilicum L. var. lactucaefolium. I. Rev Cubana Plant Med [online]. 2002, vol.7, n.2. ISSN 1028-4796.

Medicinal plants in the form of dry drug should present a series of specifications, among which we found the microbiological ones, to guarantee their quality. In order to reduce the microbial contamination in this species Ocimum basilicum L var. lactucaefolium, commonly known as white basil, the lavage and disinfection chemical method was developed with a sodium hypochlorite solution so that it may meet the necessary physical and chemical requisites to be consumed by the population and to be used as a raw material in the production of phytodrugs.

Palavras-chave : PLANTS MEDICINAL [microbiology]; SEEDS [microbiology]; CROPS,AGRICULTURAL [microbiology]; DISINFECTANTS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE.