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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 BETA-CYMENE

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Chemid
BETACYMENE
Ubiquitous
No

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List of all chemical plants
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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Myrrhis odorata Essential Oil -- 300.0 -1.0 Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA.
Ocimum basilicum Plant 5.0 36.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil -- 3600.0 1.0 Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.