Product information
- INCI: Ocimum basilicum
- Other names: Sweet basil
- Essential oil type: 100% pure, complete
- Relative density: 0,938
- Optical rotation: -9,3
- Refractive index: 1,506
- Extraction: Steam distillation
- Fragrance note: Top
- Aroma strength: Strong
- Country of origin: India
- AES-ALBAHACA
- CAS number: 8015-73-4 / 84775-71-3
- EINECS number: 283-900-8
- Main components:
- Estragol: 73,51%
- Linalol: 19,68%
These components are specific to this batch. Chemotyping is carried out using GC-MS analysis.
- Additives: None
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Description
Exotic basil is native to India, where it has been cultivated for at least 4000 years. Its name comes from the word “Basilicon”, meaning “royal and aristocratic”.
The plant was introduced into Asia Minor and Egypt before reaching Europe. In Egypt, thirty centuries ago, it was used to scent temples and was among the plants used in funerary rituals. It reached Greece, probably introduced by Alexander the Great in the IV century BC, and its cultivation gradually spread to imperial Rome.
In ancient Greece, physicians used the plant to prepare medicinal remedies for royalty.
In ancient times, it was attributed many magical powers, such as protection from snakes, monsters and other evil spirits. The plant has also been associated with love and desire.
It has been regarded as a protective plant. In India, where sacred basil is revered, it is placed at the entrances to homes and accompanies the dead on their final journey.
The composition of exotic basil can vary considerably, giving rise to different chemotypes. The three main ones are methyl-chavicol, linalool and citriodora.
Their aromas and, consequently, their therapeutic properties also vary.
Appearance: Clear liquid, ranging from colourless to pale yellow
Solubility: Insoluble in water
Precautions
Do not use during pregnancy. Do not use undiluted on the skin; potentially irritating.
Taxonomy
Botanical name: Ocimum basilicum - Family: Lamiaceae - Genus: Ocimum
Basil is an annual herb, grown as a perennial in tropical climates, with a low-growing habit (between 30 and 130 cm). Its opposite leaves are glossy green, oval or ovate, toothed and silky in texture, measuring 3 to 11 cm long by 1 to 6 cm wide. It produces terminal flower spikes with white or purplish tubular flowers which, unlike those of the rest of the family, have all four stamens and the pistil resting on the lower lip of the corolla. After insect pollination, the corolla falls off and four round achenes develop inside the two-lipped calyx.
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No me falta este aceite esencial
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Lo compre para una crema del dolor lumbar
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Un producto excelente
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Es un olor muy rico con muchos matices. Yo lo mezclo con aceite de oliva y mmmmmm
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Cuando tienes un cliente escéptico, y al prepararle un producto con este aceite esencial, dice que le cambió la vida, te das cuenta la magnitud del efecto de este aceite! Lo volveré a comprar!
Pros (original): Ventajas, todas!
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INDISPENSABLE PARA LOS DOLORES MUSCULARES
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Es la primera vez que lo uso, me gusta
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gran producto
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