BOTANICAL SOURCE:
OCIMUM BACILICUM (70% MENTHYL CHAVICOL) OIL OF INDIAN BASIL

CHEMICAL CONSTITUTENTS:
TRANS-ANETHOLE 99% + CIS- ANETHOLE LESS THAN 0.5%

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:
COLOR: WATER WHITE
FREEZING POINT: 20\to 21\C
REFRECTIVE INDEX: 1.55780 - 1.56145
SP-GRAVITY: .9880 - .9883

THERAP CAT:
PHARMACEUTIC AID (FLAVOUR)

THERAP CAT (VET) :
HAS BEEN USED AS A CARMINATIVE AND AS A FLAVOURING AGENT

ODOUR:
SMOOTH AND SWEET ANISEED ODOUR

SOLUBILITY:
PRACTICA LLY INSOLUBLE IN WATER MIXABLE WITH ETHER, CHLOROFORM

USES:
FOR MANUFACTURING ANISALDEHYDE, FLAVOURING AGENT, IN PERFUMERY PARTICULARLY FOR SOAP AND DENTIFRICES, SENSITIZER, IN BLEACHING COLORS, IN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY, AS AN IMBEDDING MATERIAL IN MICROSCOPY

STORAGE:
ATA A COOL & DRY PLACE