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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | 19100.0 | 1.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID-N-BUTYL-ESTER | 0 | Leaf | not available | 252.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 3200.0 | 23700.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Leaf | not available | 90.0 | -0.38 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | 900.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 300.0 | 900.0 | -0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | 0.0 | 400.0 | 0.08 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 500.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Essential Oil | 2100.0 | 7200.0 | -1.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Plant | 2.0 | 31.0 | -0.64 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 4500.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 0 | Leaf | 70000.0 | 652000.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 70000.0 | 610000.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 6800.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |