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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
DELTA-CADINENE	18	Plant	not available	5.0	-0.53	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.
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Shoot Essent. Oil	2600.0	66600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-GUAIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	not available	2500.0	-0.55	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.
EO	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL-7-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Plantes Medicinales et Phytotherapie, 24: 193.
ESCULETIN	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Plantes Medicinales et Phytotherapie, 24: 193.
ESCULIN	29	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Essential Oil	300.0	872100.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Leaf Essent. Oil	7500.0	900000.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Plant	35.0	9000.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	300.0	857500.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	14.0	8575.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf Essent. Oil	51200.0	270000.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiperistaltic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	7	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	9	Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	12	Duke, 1992 *