Basil leaves

Source Major component in pine oil (quoted, Verschueren, 1983). Also present in a variety of rosemary shoots (330-3,290 ppm) (Soriano-Cano et al., 1993), anise-scented basil leaves (1,785 ppm) (Brophy et al, 1993), Iberian savory leaves (2,660 ppm) (Arrebola et al., 1994), African blue basil shoots (7,000 ppm), Greek sage (160-5,040 ppm). Montane Mountain mint (3,395-3,880 ppm), yarrow leaves (45-1,780 ppm), and coriander (100-1,300 ppm) (Duke, 1992). 

Start with four large slices of good bread and toast them either in a toaster or under the broiler in the oven. While they re toasting, peel four garlic cloves. Then run the cloves over the toasted bread. The garlic will shred right into the bread as if it were sandpaper. Drizzle your best extra-virgin olive oil over the bread. Then top the bread with chopped, seeded Italian tomatoes and minced fresh basil leaves. That s it. Enjoy ... 

Sweet Basil Leaves Ocimum Basilicum Asia and Africa... 

Physical processes (see chapter 2) for isolation of natural flavouring substances include distillation, solvent extraction (including supercritical carbon dioxide), and chromatography. Major sources are essential oils. These may be derived from various parts of aromatic plants such as fruits (e.g. citms, fennel), fmit parts (e.g. mace), flowers (e.g. safflower), flower parts (e.g. saffron), flower buds (e.g. clove), bulbs (e.g. onion), barks (e.g. cinnamon), leaves (e.g. basil), leaves and twigs (e.g. mandarin petitgrain), rhizomes (e.g. ginger), roots (e.g. angelica), and seeds (e.g. mustard). 

Table 8.5 The effect of steam blanching and drying temperature on chlorophyll retention in basil leaves...

Slide under the broiler to brown the top, then scatter over the basil leaves if you wish and serve hot or cold. 

When various spices were screened for their ability to potentiate the typical carcinogen-detoxifying enzyme GST in Swiss mice, cumin seeds (Cuminum cyminum Linn.), basil leaves (Ocimum sanctum Linn.), and turmeric increased the enzyme activity by more than 78% in the stomach, liver, and esophagus. GSH levels were also significantly elevated in all three organs by these plant products. These spices also significantly suppressed the chromosome aberrations caused by BaP in mouse bone-marrow cells. In a subsequent study, cumin seeds and basil leaves significantly decreased the incidence of both BaP-induced squamous cell carcinomas in the stomach of Swiss mice and 3 -methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene-induced hepatomas in Wistar rats. ... 

Agrawal, P., V. Rai, and R.B. Singh. 1996. Randomized placebo-controlled, single bUnd trial of holy basil leaves in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Int.. Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 34(9) 406-409. 

The analysis of basil oil has been reviewed [49-53]. Extraction of basil leaves with CO2 containing ethanol as an extrainer has been reported [13]. At pressures of 200 bar and 40°C an extract was obtained which was subsequently fractionated at 56 bar and 15°C to yield 1.3% of oil. This was from a batch of leaf which had a steam-distilled yield of only 0.5%. The CO2 extraction of basil was first reported by Pekhov and his co-workers at KNIIPP in Russia [54], who compared it to the steam-distilled oil of East Indian basil Ocimum gratissimum). 

Patchouli oil is adulterated to a certain extent with the oU from other leaves which are fraudulently packed with patchouli leaves, such as basil leaves and the leaves of a Malayan plant, known as purpulut (Urena lobata). The leaves of Hyptis suaveoUns are also used as an adulterant. Sassafras (or heavy camphor oil) is sometimes found as an adulterant, as well as cubeb oil, cedar-wood oil, and —rarely— petroleum. 

CORRELATION STUDIES BETWEEN CHILLING SENSITIVITY OF STORED BASIL LEAVES AND THEIR COMPOSITION OF MEMBRANE LIPIDS... 

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