* [[Chlorophyll]]-benefits
* effective in protecting the body against free radicals. Basil's flavanoids inhibit free radicals from causing significant damage to the body
==referencesReferences==
*''Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 208.''
*''Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 186.''