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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | 2300.0 | 13900.0 | -1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CEDRENE | 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. |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 3700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CYMENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 3600.0 | 1.00 | Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA. |
| BETA-CYMENE | 0 | Plant | 5.0 | 36.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BETA-DAMASCENONE | 3 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 1700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 16100.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Plant | not available | 12.0 | -0.43 | 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-ELEMENE | 5 | Shoot Essent. Oil | 4900.0 | 81600.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-EUDESMOL | 13 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 1600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | 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. |
| BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 435.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | 5500.0 | 16000.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 7300.0 | 2000.0 | -0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | 3.0 | 160.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Shoot Essent. Oil | 8200.0 | 9300.0 | 1.12 | 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. |