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Plant Ocimum tenuiflorum (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Anise-Scented Basil
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIC-ACID-6''-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE 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
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Leaf 20.0 7030.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Leaf 130.0 7740.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HOMOANISIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Perry, Lily M. 1980. Medicinal Plants of East and Southeast Asia. MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusets. 620 pp.
MOLLUDISTIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOTERPENES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf not available 8.0 -0.17 Brophy, J.J., Goldsack, R.J., and Clarkson, J.R. 1993. The Essential Oil of Ocimum tenuiflorum L. (Lamiaceae) Growing in Northern Australia, J. Ess. Oil Res. 5: 459-461.
NEOLIGNANS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NERAL 4 Plant 350.0 3150.0 2.14 Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 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
OCIMARIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCIMUMOSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCIMUMOSIDE-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf 0.0 2180.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 13950.0 -0.86 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ORIENTIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALATES 0 Leaf not available 49700.0 1.68 =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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 10700.0 -0.48 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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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.