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Common Names
Anise-Scented Basil
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchorelaxant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist? | 1 | Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991. |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Cancer-Preventive | 25 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 7 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Candidistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic? | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotonic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carminative | 3 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Caspase-3-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |