“…The presence of caffeic and rosmarinic acids has been extensively reported in basil (Harnafi et al, 2013;Hossain, Rai, Brunton, Martin-Diana, & Barry-Ryan, 2010;Jayasinghe, Gotoh, Aoki, & Wada, 2003;Koca & Karaman, 2015;Kwee & Niemeyer, 2011;Tada, Murakami, Omoto, Shimomura, & Ishimaru, 1996;Vlase et al, 2014), as quercetin-3-O-rutinoside and quercetin-3-O-glucoside (Hossain et al, 2010;Lee & Scagel, 2009;Vlase et al, 2014 presented a fragmentation pattern that allowed identification as caftaric and chicoric acid (dicaffeoyltartaric acid). Both these phenolic acids, as compounds 2 and 16 (caffeic acid and rosmarinic acid, respectively) have been described by many authors as being the main phenolic acids in basil (Harnafi et al, 2013;Hossain et al, 2010;Jayasinghe et al, 2003;Koca & Karaman, 2015;Kwee & Niemeyer, 2011;Lee & Scagel, 2009). Compounds 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13 and 17 were also identified as caffeic acid derivatives (trimers and tetramers) according to their UV, mass characteristics and comparison with literature (Barros et al, 2013;Carocho, Barros, et al, 2015;Chen, Zhang, Wang, Yang, & Qang, 2011;Guo et al, 2008;Ruan, Li, Li, Luo, & Kong, 2012).…”