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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
ANETHOLE 36 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Leaf *
APIGENIN 101 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ARGININE 14 Leaf 6620.0 -0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 27.0 2000.0 -0.26 *
ASH 0 Plant 20000.0 153000.0 0.58 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf 16960.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Essential Oil 700.0 -0.69 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Leaf 17.0 163.0 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Essential Oil *
BETA-BISABOLENE 12 Plant 6.5 -0.63 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.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Shoot Essent. Oil 2600.0 1.00 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Plant *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 3800.0 -1.18 *
BETA-CADINENE 0 Plant *
BETA-CADINOL 0 Essential Oil *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 4.0 333.0 0.31 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil 6800.0 37700.0 -0.42 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 70000.0 0.01 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant 35.0 -0.78 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibacterial 52 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antiburn 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Anticancer 14 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 2 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 6 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticarcinomic (Colon) 1 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 *
Anticardiospasmic 1 *