TABLE 1.
Chemical composition of O. basilicum.
| Part of plant | Major constituent | % | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Linalool | 31.6 | Stanojevic et al. (2017) |
| Chavicol | 23.8 | ||
| Linalool | 35.99 | Mehdizadeh et al. (2016) | |
| 1,8-cineole | 22.91 | ||
| p-Cymene | 35.5 | ||
| Eugenol | 50.8 | Mota et al. (2020) | |
| Linalool | 54.7 | ||
| Leaf | Linalool | 52.1 | Rezzoug et al. (2019) |
| Linalyl acetate | 19.1 | ||
| Methyl chavicol | 47 | Kavoosi and Amirghofran (2017) | |
| Geranial | 19 | ||
| Neral | 15 | ||
| Methyl eugenol | 42.18 | Kumar et al. (2011) | |
| Eugenol | 4.89 | ||
| 1,8-cineole | 4.88 | ||
| B-Caryophyllene | 4.37 | ||
| Estragole | 87.869 | Tran et al. (2018) | |
| Cadinol | 2.922 | ||
| α-Bergamotene | 2.770 | ||
| τ-Linalool | 1.347 | ||
| Linalool | 29.23 | Chaaban et al. (2019) | |
| Methyl cinnamate | 18.97 | ||
| Eugenol | 5.84 | ||
| Eugenol | 42.74 | El Mokhtari et al. (2019) | |
| Linalool | 20.54 | ||
| Eucalyptol | 15.27 | ||
| Estragole | 55.95 | Elsherbiny et al. (2016) | |
| 1,8-Cineole | 10.56 | ||
| Methyl eugenol | 10.09 | ||
| Linalool | 5.57 | ||
| β-Guaiene | 16.89 | Sundararajan et al. (2018) | |
| Cadinol | 15.66 | ||
| Nona-2, 4, 6-triene | 11.36 | ||
| Phytol | 11.68 | ||
| Methyl-chavicol | 52.4 | Venancio et al. (2011) | |
| Linalool | 20.1 | ||
| Epi-a-cadinol | 5.9 | ||
| Trans-a-bergamotene | 5.2 | ||
| Overground part | Methyl eugenol | 78.02 | Özcan and Chalchat (2002) |
| α-Cubebene | 6.17 | ||
| Nerol | 0.83 | ||
| ε-Muurolene | 0.74 | ||
| 4,7-Dimethoxy-1-indanone | 21.73 | Kadan et al. (2016) | |
| Palmitic acid | 7.60 | ||
| Flower | Linalool | 72.3 | Bobakulov et al. (2020) |
| Methyl chavicol | 19.5 |