Table 2.
Chemical constituents of the essential oil obtained from the flowers of O. basilicum as identified by GC-MS analysis.
| Peak | RT (min) |
Compound Name | Relative Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8.688 | Eucalyptol | 0.367 |
| 2 | 9.095 | 3,7-Dimethyl-1,3,6-octatriene, | 0.989 |
| 3 | 10.506 | 3,7-Dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol (linalool) | 36.880 |
| 4 | 11.126 | Camphor | 1.394 |
| 5 | 12.264 | Estragole (methyl chavicol) | 54.989 |
| 6 | 14.915 | Cyclohexane, 1-ethenyl-1-methyl-2,4-bis(1-methylethenyl)-, [1S-(1α,2β,4β)]- (β-Elemene) | 0.301 |
| 7 | 15.339 | Caryophyllene | 0.395 |
| 8 | 15.535 | Azulene,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-1,4-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethenyl)-,[1S-(1α,4α,7 α)]- (α-Guajene) | 0.210 |
| 9 | 16.155 | 1,6-Cyclodecadiene, 1-methyl-5-methylene-8-(1-methylethyl)-,[s-(E,E)]- (D-Germacrene) | 0.850 |
| 10 | 16.342 | γ-Elemene | 0.178 |
| 11 | 16.444 | Azulene, 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-1,4-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethyenyl)-,[1S-(1α,7 α,8aβ)]- (α-Bulnesene) | 0.204 |
| 12 | 17.463 | Caryophyllene Oxide | 0.110 |
| 13 | 17.820 | Carotol | 0.316 |
| 14 | 18.160 | Napthalene, 1,2,3,4, 4a,5,6,8a-octahydro-7-methyl-4-methyelene-1-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α,4aα,8aα)- (γ-cadinene) | 2.409 |