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Common Names
Anise-Scented Basil
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUGENOL | 76 | Stem | 20.0 | 100.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Leaf | 1200.0 | 1400.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | not available | 21700.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 155000.0 | -0.58 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | not available | 231700.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-SELINENE | 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 |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Plant | 350.0 | 3150.0 | 1.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCOSIDES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HEXOURONIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 272000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ISOTHYMONIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOTHYMUSIN | 1 | Leaf | 50.0 | 230.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOTHYMUSIN | 1 | Stem | 50.0 | 190.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | not available | 145.0 | -0.30 | 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. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | not available | 102455.0 | -0.04 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 24355.0 | -0.15 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Leaf | 190.0 | 460.0 | -0.56 | =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 |
| LUTEOLIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimenopausal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 3 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 13 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antinephritic | 4 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antineuralgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 3 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antiobesity | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiobesity? | 1 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |