title: [Study on the constituents of volatile oil from Ocimum basilicum].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the constituents of volatile oil from Ocimum basilicum.
  
  
  METHODS
  GC-MS technique was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-five compounds was elucidated through consulting literature and searching database by computer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The main constituent in volatile oil from O. basilicum are 1, 7-dimethyl-1, 6-octadien-3-ol, which accounts for 29.87%.
authors.affiliation: OSSO State Key Laboratory, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical and Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shu-ya
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Xiao-li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Run-hua
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D018649:Ocimum basilicum / Q000737:chemistry*; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: C488310:1,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D013729:Terpenes