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
ANETHOLE	36	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	6620.0	-0.86	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	27.0	2000.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	20000.0	153000.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	not available	16960.0	-0.64	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Essential Oil	not available	700.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE	9	Leaf	17.0	163.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	12	Plant	not available	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	not available	2600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	3800.0	-1.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CADINENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CADINOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	4.0	333.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Essential Oil	6800.0	37700.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	70000.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Plant	not available	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.
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.