• CAS number

    8015-73-4
  • Botanical

    Ocimum basilicum L. cultivar Large Lettuce, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Lachowicz, K.J., et al., Characteristics of Essential Oil from Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) Grown in Australia (aver. concentrations in oils of frozen & dried plantmaterial), J. Agric. Food Chem., Vol. 44, 877-881 (1996)

Compound CAS DB5 Carbowax Proportion
Linalool, (+/-)- 78-70-6 1101.14 1548.57 56.0%
Estragole 140-67-0 1204.0 1672.43 19.5%
Eucalyptol 470-82-6 1033.29 1213.86 7.1%
Myrcene 123-35-3 990.57 1161.14 1.3%
Eugenol 97-53-0 1364.43 2157.57 1.0%
beta-Pinene 127-91-3 979.0 1113.0 0.7%
Alpha-Terpineol 98-55-5 1191.71 1693.43 0.7%
Limonene, (+/-)- 138-86-3 1032.0 1196.29 0.6%
Caryophyllene 87-44-5 1427.14 1595.57 0.55%
Camphor 76-22-2 1144.86 1517.43 0.45%
alpha-PINENE 80-56-8 940.0 1020.71 0.4%
Citral 5392-40-5 1254.0 1725.0 0.25%
alpha-Terpinene 99-86-5 1019.29 1186.29 0.15%
gamma-Terpinene 99-85-4 1063.71 1245.0 0.15%
1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol 507-70-0 1168.71 1702.0 0.15%
beta-CITRONELLOL, (+/-)- 106-22-9 1231.14 1764.14 0.14%
Camphene 79-92-5 951.57 1071.29 0.1%
p-CYMENE 99-87-6 1025.71 1269.29 0.1%
Geraniol 106-24-1 1258.29 1843.0 0.1%
Total 89.44%