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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
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Root *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot 1300.0 -0.79 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Tissue Culture *
RUTIN 87 Leaf *
SABINENE 5 Essential Oil 2500.0 -0.58 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 3900.0 -0.57 *
SABINENE 5 Plant 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 *
SAFROLE 29 Plant 60.0 400.0 0.85 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
SAMBULENE 0 Leaf *
SAPONIN 0 Plant 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 5610.0 -1.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SESQUITHUJENE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SESQUITHUJENE 0 Plant *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 120.0 890.0 -0.49 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 294.0 386.0 -0.28 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 16700.0 1.00 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 485.0 -0.55 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf 180.0 1.19 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.