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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
THYMOL 71 Essential Oil *
THYMOL 71 Leaf 1415.0 0.35 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot Essent. Oil 1000.0 -0.68 *
TRANS-ALLO-OCIMENE 0 Plant *
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Essential Oil 7400.0 -1.21 Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Plant 11.0 74.0 -0.45 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Shoot Essent. Oil 6300.0 -1.00 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant 350.0 7000.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 47300.0 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant 350.0 7000.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 126600.0 *
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil 800.0 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Essential Oil 16100.0 -1.06 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Plant 8.0 161.0 -0.42 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Essential Oil *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Plant *
TRICYCLENE 0 Essential Oil *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 2210.0 -0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilaryngitic 1 *
AntiLegionella 1 *
Antileishmanic 4 *
Antilepric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 11 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukoplakic 1 *
Antileukotriene 4 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 3 *
Antilisteria 2 *
Antilithic 4 *
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 *
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 *
Antimaculitic 3 *
Antimalarial 7 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.