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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ocimum sanctum

Common Name
Lampes; L.; Ruku-ruku merah; Kami-Me-Boki; Ruku-ruku; Selaseh; Kemangen; Surasa; Oku

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Malaria Elsewhere *
Nausea India(Santal) *
Ophthalmia Kemangi *
Parturition Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Puerperium India(Santal) *
Rabies India(Santal) *
Repellant(Insect) Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Malaya *
Ringworm Elsewhere *
Septicemia India(Santal) *
Skin Elsewhere *
Stimulant Elsewhere *
Tuberculosis Elsewhere *
Tumor East Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urogenital Elsewhere *