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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Anise-Scented Basil

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Trypanocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trypsin-Enhancer	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	3	HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	7	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide	1	Wealth of India.
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.