Table 2: Essential oils yield (Y) and chemical compositions of some O. basilicum cultivars [9].
Cultivar Color Y (%, V/w) Major compaunds
Leaf Flower
Anise green-purple light-pink 0.62 linalool (56%), methylchavicol (12%)
Cinnamon green pink 0.94 linalool (47%), methylcinnamate (30%)
Dark Opal purple pink 1.08 linalool (80%), 1,8-cineole (12%)
Genovese green white 0.90 linalool (77%), 1,8-cineole (12%)
Italian Large Leaf green white 0.83 linalool (65%), methylchavicol (18%)
Licorice green-purple pink 0.43 linalool (58%), methylchavicol (13%)
Mammoth green white 0.77 linalool (60%), methylchavicol (32%)
Napoletano green white 0.89 linalool (66%), methylchavicol (10%)
Opal purple pink 0.91 linalool (80%), 1,8-cineole (13%)
Osmin Purple purple pink 0.66 linalool (77%), 1,8-cineole (15%)
Purple Ruffles purple bright purple 0.49 linalool (55%), 1,8-cineole (20%), methylchavicol (6%), methyleugenol (9%)
Red Rubin Purple purple pink 0.74 linalool (70%), 1,8-cineole (9%), methylchavicol (10%), methyleugenol (6%)
Sweet green white 0.84 linalool (69%), 1,8-cineole (11%), methylchavicol (13%)
Sweet Fine green white 0.98 linalool (86%), 1,8-cineole (6%)
Sweet Thai green pink 0.40 linalool (6%), methylchavicol (60%)
Thai (Richters) green pink 0.52 methylchavicol (90%)