Lemon basil is a culinary annual plant that is strongly aromatic
and possesses a lemon flavour and fragrance due to the presence of
citral in the form of its geometrical isomers neral and geranial
(Prytherch & Stanley, 1989). Due to its lemony scent and flavour
it could find use as a source of citrus flavour and an alternative
to lemon grass and other lemon scented botanicals for its culinary
and flavour attributes