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
CARVONE	19	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CARVONE	19	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	16000.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Plant	18.0	3196.0	3.66	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICOL	6	Plant	not available	3.0	-0.71	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.
CHAVICOL-METHYL-ESTER	0	Essential Oil	not available	22400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICOL-METHYL-ESTER	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	667500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Plant	500.0	5658.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	45200.0	538000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ALLO-OCIMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Plant	67.0	900.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CIS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	14500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-GERANYL-ACETONE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	1400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LIMONENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	93300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LIMONENE	0	Plant	30.0	933.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.

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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).