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
TYROSINE	8	Leaf	not available	4320.0	-1.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDECYLALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Flower	not available	1740.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Sprout Seedling	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Stem	not available	845.0	0.79	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Flower	not available	1274.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Leaf	413.0	1144.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID-II	0	Stem	not available	106.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID	9	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Leaf	not available	7170.0	-1.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	771000.0	865000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOMICROL	3	Leaf	not available	350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XI-BULGARENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	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.
ZINC	77	Leaf	5.0	6.0	-0.49	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
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).