• CAS number

    8015-73-4
  • Botanical

    Ocimum basilicum L. cultivar Anise, 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
Estragole 140-67-0 1204.0 1672.43 38.0%
Linalool, (+/-)- 78-70-6 1101.14 1548.57 37.0%
(Z)-Methyl cinnamate 19713-73-6 1301.0 1965.0 6.6%
Eucalyptol 470-82-6 1033.29 1213.86 1.7%
Camphor 76-22-2 1144.86 1517.43 1.2%
Myrcene 123-35-3 990.57 1161.14 0.9%
Limonene, (+/-)- 138-86-3 1032.0 1196.29 0.5%
Citral 5392-40-5 1254.0 1725.0 0.5%
1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol 507-70-0 1168.71 1702.0 0.45%
Alpha-Terpineol 98-55-5 1191.71 1693.43 0.4%
Caryophyllene 87-44-5 1427.14 1595.57 0.3%
alpha-PINENE 80-56-8 940.0 1020.71 0.2%
Camphene 79-92-5 951.57 1071.29 0.2%
beta-Pinene 127-91-3 979.0 1113.0 0.2%
beta-CITRONELLOL, (+/-)- 106-22-9 1231.14 1764.14 0.1%
Fenchone 1195-79-5 1089.57 1400.5 0.1%
alpha-Terpinene 99-86-5 1019.29 1186.29 0.07%
gamma-Terpinene 99-85-4 1063.71 1245.0 0.07%
p-CYMENE 99-87-6 1025.71 1269.29 0.03%
Total 88.52%