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
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)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypnotic	2	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	17	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	7	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	16	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	10	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	3	Duke, 1992 *