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
EUGENOL	76	Plant	not available	14.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Shoot Essent. Oil	5700.0	26700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Essential Oil	not available	26800.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	378000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Plant	375.0	2500.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Shoot Essent. Oil	2000.0	8200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	12000.0	89000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	242000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
FENCHONE	12	Plant	not available	30.0	-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.
FENCHONE	6	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	12900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FENCHYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	1.0	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FENCHYL-ALCOHOL	2	Plant	not available	7.0	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.
FIBER	15	Leaf	145790.0	154290.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	22800.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GAMMA-ELEMENE	0	Plant	not available	15.0	-0.35	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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Urinary-Antiseptic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
UV-Screen	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Varroacide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	14	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	6	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	7	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.