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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 4320.0 -1.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDECYLALDEHYDE 0 Plant 0.0 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Flower 1740.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Sprout Seedling 63.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Stem 845.0 0.79 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID-II 0 Flower 1274.0 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II 0 Leaf 413.0 1144.0 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II 0 Sprout Seedling 63.0 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II 0 Stem 106.0 *
VALERIC-ACID 9 Essential Oil *
VALINE 3 Leaf 7170.0 -1.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
VICENIN-2 12 Leaf *
WATER 0 Leaf 771000.0 865000.0 0.29 *
XANTHOMICROL 3 Leaf 350.0 *
XI-BULGARENE 0 Plant *
XYLOSE 3 Seed Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
ZINC 77 Leaf 5.0 6.0 -0.49 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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.