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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| BORON | 4 | Plant | 18.0 | 31.0 | -0.49 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Pediculicide | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfume | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Perfumery | 47 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Pheromonal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pheromone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |