Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) is also known as King of herb's belonging to lamiaceae family. The present study was designed to investigate the probable bioactive components from the leaves of Ocimum basilicum using Gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique. Six compounds were identified from the methanolic leaf extract; which were identified as; hexadecanoic acid (8.37%), hepta-9,10,11-trienoic acid (17.04%), octadecenoic acid (8.37%), 5-(hydroxymethyl) heptadecane (13.75%), eicosane aldehyde (37.36%) and octadecyl vinyl ether (15.12%) among the major chemical constituents. The company of these phytocompounds in the plant extract may at least be conscientious for the aclaimed remedial and protective potentials of Ocimum basilicum and thus it is recommended as plant of phytopharmaceutical significance.

.01). The result also recorded high levels of retinol (184.00±0.00), niacin (54.00) and folic acid (28.40±0.00) with low levels of ascorbic acid (0.08±0.01), thiamin (0.24±0.00), riboflavin (0.66±0.00) and tocopherol (1.03±0.00). The higher amounts of the proximate contents and vitamins indicated that besides the leaves are being used as traditional medicinal, this herb can serve as good source of nutrients to human as well.