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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuhiko Tajima, Chiba, JP;
Yoshihiro Hasegawa, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
KAO Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
512-5 ;
Abstract
The modified basil essential oil of the present invention comprises 87% by weight or more of sesquiterpene compounds. The process for the production of a modified basil essential oil of the present invention comprises rectifying basil essential oil to thereby distill a fraction of a boiling point of from 82.degree. to 92.degree. C. under reduced pressure (2.0 to 3.0 mmHg), treating the distillate with an alkali and removing the aqueous phase to thereby give a modified basil essential oil containing 87% by weight or more of sesquiterpene compounds.