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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 *
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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
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipulmonotic 1 Tyler, V.E.. 1994.
Antipyretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.