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Plant Ocimum tenuiflorum (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Anise-Scented Basil
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 479800.0 711500.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
CARNOSIC-ACID 2 Inflorescence 100.0 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARNOSIC-ACID 2 Leaf 150.0 230.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
CARNOSIC-ACID 2 Stem 90.0 150.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Leaf 180.0 210.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf 100.0 1260.0 5.03 Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHAVIBETOL 0 Leaf 700.0 6300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CIRSILINEOL 10 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIRSIMARITRIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
DOLICHOLS 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 1000.0 9000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUCALYPTOL 13 Leaf 35.0 540.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Inflorescence not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf 45.0 5580.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anesthetic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 5 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 6 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 9 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 3 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.