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

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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-CADINENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Plant	not available	0.8	-0.54	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.
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Plant	0.8	20.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	300.0	3600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	1200.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	2800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHONE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	2800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	31300.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5650.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	4	Plant	not available	16.0	-0.63	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.
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Shoot Essent. Oil	6700.0	11800.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antilaryngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	7	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.