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Sweet basil: an increasingly popular culinary herb

Abstract:: Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), of the Lamiaceae family, has long been a popular culinary and medicinal herb. However, the composition of the essential oil varies markedly between different varieties, meaning that the aroma/flavour profile can also vary significantly from one cultivar or hybrid to the next. Some of the key aromatic volatiles in basil essential oil include eugenol, methyl eugenol, linalool, methyl chavicol (also known as estragole), and methyl cinnamate. As...
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Spence, C. (2024). Sweet basil: an increasingly popular culinary herb. International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 36.

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Spence, C. “Sweet Basil: an Increasingly Popular Culinary Herb.” International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, vol. 36, Elsevier, 2024.

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Spence, C. 2024. “Sweet Basil: an Increasingly Popular Culinary Herb.” International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science 36.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1016/j.ijgfs.2024.100927

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University of Oxford

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MSD

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Experimental Psychology

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher:: Elsevier
Journal:: International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science More from this journal
Volume:: 36
Article number:: 100927
Publication date:: 2024-03-30
Acceptance date:: 2024-03-26
DOI:: 10.1016/j.ijgfs.2024.100927
ISSN:: 1878-450X

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Language:: English
Keywords:: herbs

culinary

essential oil

sensory history

medicinal
Pubs id:: 1988028
Local pid:: pubs:1988028
Deposit date:: 2024-04-08

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Copyright holder:: Charles Spence
Copyright date:: 2024
Rights statement:: © 2024 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Licence:: CC Attribution (CC BY)

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