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
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	19100.0	1.93	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-N-BUTYL-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	252.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	3200.0	23700.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	90.0	-0.38	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	900.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	300.0	900.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Plant	0.0	400.0	0.08	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CAMPHENE	9	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	500.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Essential Oil	2100.0	7200.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	10000.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Plant	2.0	31.0	-0.64	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CAMPHOR	41	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	4500.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATE	0	Leaf	70000.0	652000.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	70000.0	610000.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	6800.0	-0.72	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).