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
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	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.
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	300.0	18000.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	3700.0	13000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	2.0	180.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot Essent. Oil	4600.0	7200.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	400.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	600.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Plant	1.0	10.0	-0.49	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	300.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	6700.0	23900.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	5650.0	7000.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Plant	36.0	239.0	-0.30	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	9600.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	45100.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJONE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE	36	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.