Plant Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
TYROSINE	8	Leaf	not available	4320.0	-1.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDECYLALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Flower	not available	1740.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Sprout Seedling	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Stem	not available	845.0	0.79	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Flower	not available	1274.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Leaf	413.0	1144.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Stem	not available	106.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID	9	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Leaf	not available	7170.0	-1.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	771000.0	865000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOMICROL	3	Leaf	not available	350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XI-BULGARENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
ZINC	77	Leaf	5.0	6.0	-0.49	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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.