Table 4.
Chemical constituents of hexane extract of the flowers of O. basilicum as identified by GC-MS analysis.
| Peak | RT (min) |
Compound Name | Relative Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.560 | 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-Octadien-3-ol (Linalool) | 23.244 |
| 2 | 12.242 | Estragole | 41.618 |
| 3 | 14.833 | Cyclohexane, 1-ethenyl-1-methyl-2,4-bis(1-methylethenyl)- | 0.325 |
| 4 | 15.003 | Cyclohexane, 1-ethenyl-1-methyl-2,4-bis(1-methylethenyl)-,[1S-(1α,2β,4β)]- (β-Elemene) | 5.585 |
| 5 | 15.394 | Caryophyllene | 2.263 |
| 6 | 15.521 | Bicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene,2,6-dimethyl-6-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)- (α-Bergamotene) | 1.191 |
| 7 | 15.581 | Azulene,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-1,4-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethenyl)-,[1S- (1α,4α,7α)]- | 0.691 |
| 8 | 15.827 | Caryophyllene | 0.527 |
| 9 | 15.938 | 1H-Cyclopenta[1,3]cyclopropa[1,2]benzene,octahydro-7-methyl-3-methylene-4-(1-methylethyl)-,[3aS-(3a α,3b.β,4β,7 α,7aS)]- | 0.345 |
| 10 | 16.218 | 1,6-Cyclodecadiene, 1-methyl-5-methylene-8-(1-methylethyl)-,[S-(E,E)]- (D-Germacrene) | 4.069 |
| 11 | 16.371 | Azulene, 1,2,3,3a,4,5,6,7-octahydro-1,4-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethyenyl)-,[1R-(1α,3aβ,4α,7β)]- | 0.460 |
| 12 | 16.473 | Azulene,1,2,3,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-1,4-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethenyl)-,[1S-(1α,7α,8aβ)]- | 1.039 |
| 13 | 16.609 | Naphthalene, 1,2,3,4, 4a,5,6,8a-octahydro-7-methyl-4-methyelene-1-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α, 4aβ,8aα )- (γ-Cadinene) | 2.301 |
| 14 | 17.475 | Caryophyllene Oxide | 0.511 |
| 15 | 17.849 | Cubenol | 0.789 |
| 16 | 18.231 | 1-Napthalenol, 1,2,3,4, 4a,7,8,8a-octahydro-1,6-dimethyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-,[1S-(1α,4α,4aβ,8aβ)]- (delta-Cadinol) | 6.776 |
| 17 | 18.342 | α-Cadinol | 0.434 |
| 18 | 22.827 | Phytol | 0.753 |
| 19 | 23.278 | 8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic acid,(Z,Z,Z)- | 0.579 |