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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-CEDRENOL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-LINALOOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-LINALOOL | 0 | Plant | 30.0 | 300.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| (3)-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 7.0 | not available | 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. |
| (E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 75.0 | not available | 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. |
| (E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTTENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 75.0 | not available | 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. |
| (E)-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 7.0 | -0.72 | 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. |
| (E)-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 435.0 | 2.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (Z)-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 16.0 | 0.95 | 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. |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 33700.0 | 77600.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 5000.0 | 100000.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 54400.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 134 | Plant | not available | 135.0 | -0.52 | 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. |
| 1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 1-OCTEN-3-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-EPI-ALPHA-CEDRENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoregenerative | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 15 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 5 | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Hyperthermic | 1 | HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45. |