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Plant Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)

Common Names

Basil, Sweet Basil, Cuban Basil

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TYROSINE	8	Leaf	not available	4320.0	-1.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDECYLALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Flower	not available	1740.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Sprout Seedling	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Stem	not available	845.0	0.79	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Flower	not available	1274.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Leaf	413.0	1144.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Stem	not available	106.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID	9	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Leaf	not available	7170.0	-1.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	771000.0	865000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOMICROL	3	Leaf	not available	350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XI-BULGARENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
ZINC	77	Leaf	5.0	6.0	-0.49	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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