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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CARVONE | 19 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 16000.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | 18.0 | 3196.0 | 3.66 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 6 | Plant | not available | 3.0 | -0.71 | 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. |
| CHAVICOL-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 22400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 667500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Plant | 500.0 | 5658.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 45200.0 | 538000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-HEXENOL | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ALLO-OCIMENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ANETHOLE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Plant | 67.0 | 900.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CIS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 14500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-GERANYL-ACETONE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 1400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LIMONENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 93300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LIMONENE | 0 | Plant | 30.0 | 933.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| 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. |