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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYROSINE | 8 | Leaf | not available | 4320.0 | -1.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| UNDECYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Flower | not available | 1740.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 63.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Stem | not available | 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 | not available | 1274.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID-II | 0 | Leaf | 413.0 | 1144.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID-II | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 63.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID-II | 0 | Stem | not available | 106.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERIC-ACID | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 7170.0 | -1.55 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VICENIN-2 | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | 771000.0 | 865000.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOMICROL | 3 | Leaf | not available | 350.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XI-BULGARENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiadenomic | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 16 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialopecic | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 4 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |