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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-SANTALENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SELINENE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Flower | not available | 1051.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | 790.0 | 1705.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | 408.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | 527.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 230.0 | -1.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Stem | not available | 845.0 | 0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-TERPINENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 28000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-THUJONE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAPELEMENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 12.0 | not available | 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. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | 1200.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 70 | Plant | not available | 3.0 | -0.67 | 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. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 1200.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | 5200.0 | 90000.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 10000.0 | 14400.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | 90.0 | 900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 4700.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Plant | 18.0 | 31.0 | -0.49 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Neurodepressant | 1 | 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. |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neurogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuropathogenic | 1 | 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. |
| Neuroprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 4 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nociceptive | 1 | 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. |
| Nodulation-Signal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 6 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |