Table 3.
Chemical constituents of the essential oil obtained from the leaves of O. basilicum as identified by GC-MS analysis.
| Peak | RT (min) |
Compound Name | Relative Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.394 | Bicyclo[3.1.1]heptane,6,6-dimethyl-2-methylene-, (1S)- | 0.221 |
| 2 | 7.768 | β-Myrcene | 0.413 |
| 3 | 8.736 | Eucalyptol | 2.980 |
| 4 | 9.153 | 1,3,6-Octatriene, 3,7-dimethyl-, (Z)- (Z-Ocimene) | 3.879 |
| 5 | 10.597 | 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol (Linalool) | 42.229 |
| 6 | 11.226 | Camphor | 2.093 |
| 7 | 12.279 | Estragole | 38.022 |
| 8 | 13.468 | Acetic acid, 1,7,7-trimethyl-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl ester | 0.266 |
| 9 | 14.938 | Cyclohexane, 1-ethenyl-1-methyl-2,4-bis(1-methylethenyl)-,[1S-(1α,2β,4β)]- | 0.241 |
| 10 | 15.133 | Benzene, 1,2-dimethyoxy-4-(2-propenyl)- | 0.380 |
| 11 | 15.380 | Caryophyllene | 1.238 |
| 12 | 15.507 | Bicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene,2,6-dimethyl-6-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)- (α-Bergamotene) | 1.348 |
| 13 | 16.170 | 1,6-Cyclodecadiene, 1-methyl-5-methylene-8-(1-methylethyl)-,[s-(E,E)]- | 0.960 |
| 14 | 16.357 | γ-Elemene | 0.273 |
| 15 | 16.578 | Napthalene, 1,2,3,4, 4a,5,6,8a-octahydro-7-methyl-4-methyelene-1-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α,4aβ,8aα)- | 0.870 |
| 16 | 17.818 | Cubenol | 0.494 |
| 17 | 18.183 | Napthalene, 1,2,3,4, 4a,5,6,8a-octahydro-7-methyl-4-methyelene-1-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α,4aα,8aα)- (γ-Cadinene) | 4.089 |