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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Plant | 3.0 | 252.0 | 0.33 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | 700000.0 | 1.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | 560.0 | 7000.0 | -0.02 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Essential Oil | 80000.0 | 241900.0 | 1.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 30 | Plant | not available | 0.2 | -0.75 | 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. |
| COPAENE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | 1400.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | not available | 14.0 | -0.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CYCLOHEXANOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOHEXANONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOSATIVENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | 1590.0 | -1.12 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| D-ARABINOSE | 0 | 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. |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | 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. |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | 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. |
| D-LINALOOL | 0 | Plant | 125.0 | 1375.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-MANNOSE | 0 | 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. |
| D-MANNURONIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| 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. |