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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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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).