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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)

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
JUVOCIMENE-II 0 Essential Oil 5.0 *
JUVOCIMENE-II 0 Plant 0.0 0.1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 430.0 3280.0 -0.02 *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Seed 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.
LEDENE 0 Plant *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 10780.0 -0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 3100.0 77600.0 -0.29 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 2900.0 -0.67 *
LIMONENE 120 Plant 20.0 -0.47 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.
LIMONENE 60 Shoot Essent. Oil 7100.0 -0.86 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 5.0 8730.0 1.54 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 30.0 300.0 -0.36 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 10.0 630000.0 2.24 *
LINALOOL 53 Flower Essent. Oil 416000.0 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 14000.0 593000.0 3.06 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant 5.0 8730.0 0.52 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insect-attractant 1 *
Insect-Repellent 2 *
Insecticide 19 *
Insectifuge 27 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 5 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 3 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 26 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Keratitigenic 1 *
Lactagogue 1 *
Larvicide 6 Misra, L.N. and Singh, S.P. Alpha-Thujone, The Major Component Of The Essential Oil From Artemisia vulgaris Growing Wild In Nilgiri Hills. Journal of Natural Products, 49: 941, 1986.
Larvistat 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 5 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.