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

Common Names

Anise-Scented Basil

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List of plant chemicals.
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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
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
LDL-lytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Leucocytogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic	1	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	9	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *