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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYROSINE | 8 | Leaf | not available | 4320.0 | -1.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| UNDECYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Flower | not available | 1740.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 63.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Stem | not available | 845.0 | 0.79 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| URSOLIC-ACID-II | 0 | Flower | not available | 1274.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID-II | 0 | Leaf | 413.0 | 1144.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID-II | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 63.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID-II | 0 | Stem | not available | 106.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERIC-ACID | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 7170.0 | -1.55 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VICENIN-2 | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | 771000.0 | 865000.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOMICROL | 3 | Leaf | not available | 350.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XI-BULGARENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | 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. |
| ZINC | 77 | Leaf | 5.0 | 6.0 | -0.49 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiflu | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 3 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |