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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *