Table 1.

Chemical composition from the essential oil (EO) of the Ocimum gratissimum L. (EOOG) leaves.

Peak	Compounds a	Chemical Class	KIL b	KIC c	%
1	α-Pinene	HM d	939	943	0.08
2	Sabinene	HM	975	982	0.17
3	β-Pinene	HM	979	986	0.43
4	Myrcene	HM	990	995	0.14
5	1,8-Cineole	OM e	1031	1040	15.16
6	(E)-β-Ocimene	HM	1050	1053	0.10
7	Linalool	OM	1096	1103	0.34
8	δ-Terpineol	OM	1166	1174	0.12
9	Terpinen-4-ol	OM	1177	1184	0.16
10	α-Terpineol	OM	1188	1196	0.31
11	Eugenol	PH f	1359	1365	74.83
12	(E)-Caryophyllene	HS g	1419	1427	2.20
13	α-Humulene	HS	1454	1461	0.32
14	γ-Muurolene	HS	1479	1488	0.51
15	β-Selinene	HS	1490	1493	2.82
16	α-Selinene	HS	1498	1501	0.85
17	7-Epi-α-selinene	HS	1522	1525	0.26
18	Spathulenol	OS h	1578	1584	0.07
19	Caryophyllene oxide	OS	1583	1590	0.55
	Total				99.42

^a Compounds ordered by their elution from an HP-5MS column. ^b Kovats indices from the literature [32]. ^c Kovats indices calculated against n-alkanes (C₉–C₃₀) on an HP-5MS column. ^d Hydrocarbon monoterpenes. ^e Oxygenated monoterpenes. ^f Phenylpropanoid. ^g Hydrocarbon sesquiterpenes. ^h Oxygenated sesquiterpenes.