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
Molluscicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	7	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Motor-Stimulant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic	4	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	16	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	27	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nematistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nephroprotective	1	Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996.