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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)

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
P-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 2 Essential Oil 1000.0 4000.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 2 Flower Essent. Oil 40000.0 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 16940.0 -0.35 *
PHELLANDRENE 4 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant 18.0 136.0 -0.51 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 380.0 5235.0 0.05 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 1060.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PLANTEOSE 0 Seed *
POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Seed *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 4290.0 42900.0 0.55 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 5880.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Essential Oil *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 33000.0 240000.0 0.28 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 214000.0 -0.18 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 3.0 4.0 -0.16 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 1000.0 19000.0 -0.57 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticollegenase 1 *
Anticomplement 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 4 *
Anticonvulsant 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary 4 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
AntiCVI 1 *
AntiCVS 2 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 2 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 7 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 12 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.