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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antielastase | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiemetic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiencephalitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 7 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiencephalopathic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antierythemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antifatigue | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |