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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ANTHOCYANINS | 30 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Leaf | not available | 6620.0 | -0.86 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 27.0 | 2000.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | 20000.0 | 153000.0 | 0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | not available | 16960.0 | -0.64 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Essential Oil | not available | 700.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ACETATE | 9 | Leaf | 17.0 | 163.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 12 | Plant | not available | 6.5 | -0.63 | 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-BISABOLENE | 6 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 2600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BOURBONENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BOURBONENE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 3800.0 | -1.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CADINENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CADINOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 4.0 | 333.0 | 0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | 6800.0 | 37700.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 70000.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 35.0 | -0.78 | 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. |
| 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 * |