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Common Names
Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Plant | 3.0 | 252.0 | 0.33 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | 700000.0 | 1.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | 560.0 | 7000.0 | -0.02 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Essential Oil | 80000.0 | 241900.0 | 1.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 30 | Plant | not available | 0.2 | -0.75 | 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. |
| COPAENE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | 1400.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | not available | 14.0 | -0.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CYCLOHEXANOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOHEXANONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOSATIVENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | 1590.0 | -1.12 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| D-ARABINOSE | 0 | 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. |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | 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. |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | 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. |
| D-LINALOOL | 0 | Plant | 125.0 | 1375.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-MANNOSE | 0 | 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. |
| D-MANNURONIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| 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). |