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

Common Names
Anise-Scented Basil
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-DELTA-CADINENE 0 Leaf 1.5 17.0 *
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf 1.6 36.0 -1.04 *
(-)-TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 4.5 140.0 *
(1S)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Leaf 2.3 48.0 *
(E)-ANETHOLE 0 Leaf 0.1 -1.00 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.
(Z)-ALPHA-BISABOLENE 0 Leaf 160.0 1800.0 *
1,2-BIS(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXY)-3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3-METHOXYPROPANE 0 Plant *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 35.0 1710.0 -0.31 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,2,3-TRIS(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXY)PROPANE 0 Plant *
1-ALLYL-4-(5-ALLYL-2-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENOXY)-3-(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXY)-5-METHOXYBENZENE 0 Plant *
16-HYDROXY-4,4,10,13-TETRAMETHYL-17-(4-METHYL-PENTYL)-HEXADECAHYDRO-CYCLOPENTA[A]PHENANTHREN-3-ONE 4 Shoot *
3-(5-ALLYL-2-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENOXY)-PROP-1-ENE 0 Plant *
4-ALLYL-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRONOSYL-2-HYDROXYBENZENE 0 Leaf *
5-ALLYL-3-(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXYMETHYL)-2-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-7-METHOXY-2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 0 Plant *
6-ALLYL-3',8-DIMETHOXY-FLAVAN-3,4'-DIOL 0 Plant *
6-ALLYL-3-(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXY)-3',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVAN-4'-OL 0 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ALDEHYDES 0 Leaf 900.0 1750.0 0.07 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf 9.0 205.0 -0.12 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 3 *
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 4 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Antiarthritic 5 *
Antiasthmatic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antiatherosclerotic 5 *
Antibacterial 24 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 6 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 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.
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 *
Anticarcinomic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).