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Plant Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Basil, Cuban Basil, Sweet Basil
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (-)-CEDRENOL Shoot Essent. Oil -- 300.0 -- *
0 (-)-LINALOOL Plant 30.0 300.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 (-)-LINALOOL Leaf Essent. Oil -- 20000.0 -- *
0 (3)-BETA-FARNESENE Plant -- 7.0 -- Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
0 (E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE Plant -- 75.0 -- Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
0 (E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTTENE Plant -- 75.0 -- Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
0 (E)-BETA-FARNESENE Plant -- 7.0 -0.72 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
0 (E)-BETA-OCIMENE Plant 1.0 435.0 2.23 *
0 (Z)-BETA-FARNESENE Plant -- 16.0 0.95 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
0 (Z)-BETA-FARNESENE Plant -- 16.0 0.95 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
0 1,8-CINEOL Essential Oil 33700.0 77600.0 -0.11 *
0 1,8-CINEOL Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 100000.0 -0.19 *
0 1,8-CINEOL Shoot Essent. Oil -- 54400.0 -0.54 *
0 1,8-CINEOL Flower Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 1,8-CINEOL Leaf -- -- -- *
67 1,8-CINEOLE Plant -- 135.0 -0.52 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
67 1,8-CINEOLE Plant -- 135.0 -0.52 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
0 1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE Leaf Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE Essential Oil -- -- -- *
*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.