Plant Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil

How this plant is used

Food

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
GAMMA-ELEMENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	5800.0	16200.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GUAIENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	42600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GURJUNENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-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.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	2000.0	14900.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Plant	1.0	10.0	-0.53	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GERANIAL	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	26	Plant	not available	5.0	-0.85	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.
GERANIAL	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	2100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	100000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Plant	not available	3.0	-0.45	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.
GERANIOL	35	Plant	1.0	1000.0	-0.28	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GERANIOL	35	Shoot Essent. Oil	1100.0	3900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Leaf	11.0	84.0	-0.61	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GERMACRENE-A	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	11100.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D	4	Plant	not available	35.0	-0.39	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.

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
Anticariogenic	13	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticellulitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholestatic	1	Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticholinesterase	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase?	1	L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlastogen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).