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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-CEDRENOL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 20000.0 *
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Plant 30.0 300.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(3)-BETA-FARNESENE 0 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.
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 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.
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTTENE 0 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.
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE 0 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.
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Plant 1.0 435.0 2.23 *
(Z)-BETA-FARNESENE 0 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.
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil 33700.0 77600.0 -0.11 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 100000.0 -0.19 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 54400.0 -0.54 *
1,8-CINEOLE 134 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.
1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE 0 Essential Oil *
1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant *
2-EPI-ALPHA-CEDRENE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 4 *
Acaricide 9 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 *
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 19 *
Allelochemic 6 *
Allelopathic 7 *
Allergenic 28 Martindale's 29th