Sweet basil oil
 
Name
 Sweet basil oil
Code
 40002
Scientific Name
Ocimum basilicum Linn.
Common Name

Sweet basil, Common basil
Origin/ Distribution
Sweet basil is widely cultivated in Thailand and used as spice in Thai cuisine for long time ago.
Ethnomedical Uses
Promoting digestion, flavouring agent for food, anthelmentic, promoting sweat, mucolytic, antipyretic, carminative, diuretic, mild laxative and wound healing
Production
This essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of the leaves and flowering top of the shrub of Ocimum basilicum Linn.
Colour/ Appearance
colourless or pale yellow to green-yellow and clear liquid
Odour
Sweetish aromatic with characteristic spicy fresh-hay odour with spicy cool anise like taste
Specific gravity (20/20 c)
0.9350-0.9730
Refractive index (20 c)
1.5091-1.5219
Solubility
Very soluble in ethanol
Stability
Not stable to excess heat, acidic and basic pH. Reactive with reducing and oxidizing agent.
Chemical constituents
Methyl chavicol, linalool
Uses
0.5-5.0%
Application
Sweet basil oil is widely used in food industries and used as flavoring agent for mouth wash solution. This essential is also applied in cosmetic industries and perfumery.
Caution for use
This essential oil may cause skin irritation. This oil must be added at the end of cold preparations and at 35-40?c for emulsions while cooling. The activities of essential oil are best maintained when not heated.
Storage/ Shelf life
The essential oil has shelf life of 1 year when kept in cool preferably at about 20-25 c dry place and protected from light in their original packaging. Keep containers tightly sealed. Each container that has been opened should be used rapidly or repacked in sterile packaging and conditions.
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