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

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.
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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 23 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic 2 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 14 (View) Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Ankylostomacide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 5 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 11 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 11 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrocyanotic 1 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) *