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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Shoot | not available | 1300.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 2500.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2000.0 | 3900.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Plant | not available | 8.0 | -0.45 | 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. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Shoot Essent. Oil | 3100.0 | 3500.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Plant | 60.0 | 400.0 | 0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAMBULENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 50000.0 | 0.60 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| SERINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 5610.0 | -1.17 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SESQUITHUJENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| SESQUITHUJENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 120.0 | 890.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 294.0 | 386.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPATHULENOL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 16700.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 485.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Leaf | not available | 180.0 | 1.19 | 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 * |