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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
PENTOSES 0 Seed not available 389000.0 0.71 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENOLS 0 Leaf 3000.0 5320.0 -0.39 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENYLPROPANOIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf not available 3400.0 -0.29 =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
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYISOPRENOID-ALCOHOLS 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant not available 73700.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 138000.0 -0.85 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Inflorescence 0.0 100.0 -1.58 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Leaf 200.0 300.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Stem 80.0 340.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Inflorescence 0.0 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf 530.0 550.0 2.21 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available 3255.0 -0.49 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 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
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf not available 55.0 -0.16 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.
TETRACYCLIC-TRITERPENOID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pediculicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 15 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 32 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Piscicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Preservative 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Progestational 1 Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.