Plant Ocimum tenuiflorum (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Inflorescence	10.0	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Leaf	2520.0	4780.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Stem	20.0	100.0	-1.11	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	not available	74800.0	-2.98	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic	6	Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Decongestant	3	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice	1	Martindale's 29th
Deodorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Differentiator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Binder	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *