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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GERMACRENE-D 2 Shoot Essent. Oil 13600.0 36200.0 -1.28 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 15650.0 -1.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 6900.0 -0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HEX-CIS-2-EN-1-OL-BUTYRATE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 500.0 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil 500.0 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
HEXAHYDROFARNESYL-ACETONE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 4400.0 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 2870.0 -1.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HUMULENE 2 Essential Oil *
HUMULENE-EPOXIDE 0 Plant 0.2 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.
HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
IRON 6 Leaf 48.0 478.0 0.29 *
ISOCARYOPHYLLENE 1 Plant *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Plant 8.0 95.0 *
ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 5880.0 -1.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
JUVOCIMENE-I 0 Essential Oil 5.0 *
JUVOCIMENE-I 0 Plant 0.0 0.1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimange 1 *
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 9 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 21 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.