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
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	2300.0	13900.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CEDRENE	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.
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	3700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYMENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	3600.0	1.00	Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA.
BETA-CYMENE	0	Plant	5.0	36.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-DAMASCENONE	3	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	1700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Essential Oil	not available	16100.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Plant	not available	12.0	-0.43	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.
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Shoot Essent. Oil	4900.0	81600.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	1600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	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.
BETA-OCIMENE	0	Plant	1.0	435.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OCIMENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	5500.0	16000.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	7300.0	2000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Plant	3.0	160.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	8200.0	9300.0	1.12	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.