Extraction of essential oil of basil by steam distillation.
The percentage of the oil in the sample was formed total
(0.20%). And calculated the acid value = 2.805, the
saponification value =5.61, and the peroxide value =zero. The
major constituents of the oil using gas chromatography. -
pinene, linalool,limonene, -pinene, camphor and methyl
cinnamate.
