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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
DELTA-CADINENE 18 Plant 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 *
DELTA-GUAIENE 0 Plant *
ELEMOL 2 Essential Oil *
EO 0 Plant 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 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Leaf *
ERIODICTYOL-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ERIODICTYOL-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Plantes Medicinales et Phytotherapie, 24: 193.
ESCULETIN 30 Leaf Plantes Medicinales et Phytotherapie, 24: 193.
ESCULIN 29 Leaf *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Essential Oil 300.0 872100.0 0.72 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Flower Essent. Oil *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Leaf *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Leaf Essent. Oil 7500.0 900000.0 1.04 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Plant 35.0 9000.0 -0.70 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Shoot Essent. Oil *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil 300.0 857500.0 1.71 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf 14.0 8575.0 0.19 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil 51200.0 270000.0 -0.31 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antistaphylococcic 16 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 8 *
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 2 *
Antisyndrome-X 4 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitartar 1 *
AntiTGF-beta 2 *
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithromboxane 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyreotropic 1 *
Antithyroid 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 3 *
Antitrichinosic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95