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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	300.0	18000.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	3700.0	13000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	2.0	180.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot Essent. Oil	4600.0	7200.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	400.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	600.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Plant	1.0	10.0	-0.49	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	300.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	6700.0	23900.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	5650.0	7000.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Plant	36.0	239.0	-0.30	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	9600.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	45100.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJONE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE	36	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianoxic	1	Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	15	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Antiasthmatic	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.