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Common Names
Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE | 2 | Essential Oil | 1000.0 | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE | 2 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | 16940.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHELLANDRENE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | 18.0 | 136.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 380.0 | 5235.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Leaf | not available | 1060.0 | -0.47 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PLANTEOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 4290.0 | 42900.0 | 0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5880.0 | -0.78 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROPIONIC-ACID | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 33000.0 | 240000.0 | 0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 214000.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Plant | 1000.0 | 19000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 10 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 17 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| AntiHIV | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperinsulinemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |