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

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
(+)-DELTA-CADINENE	0	Leaf	1.5	17.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LINALOOL	0	Leaf	1.6	36.0	-1.04	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	4.5	140.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(1S)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Leaf	2.3	48.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-ANETHOLE	0	Leaf	not available	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	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-BIS(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXY)-3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3-METHOXYPROPANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	35.0	1710.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,2,3-TRIS(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXY)PROPANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-ALLYL-4-(5-ALLYL-2-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENOXY)-3-(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXY)-5-METHOXYBENZENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXY-4,4,10,13-TETRAMETHYL-17-(4-METHYL-PENTYL)-HEXADECAHYDRO-CYCLOPENTA[A]PHENANTHREN-3-ONE	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-(5-ALLYL-2-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENOXY)-PROP-1-ENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ALLYL-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRONOSYL-2-HYDROXYBENZENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ALLYL-3-(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXYMETHYL)-2-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-7-METHOXY-2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALLYL-3',8-DIMETHOXY-FLAVAN-3,4'-DIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALLYL-3-(4-ALLYL-2-METHOXYPHENOXY)-3',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVAN-4'-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALDEHYDES	0	Leaf	900.0	1750.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf	9.0	205.0	-0.12	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
Antiosteoporotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	24	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxynitrite	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	4	Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	2	Duke, 1992 *