Ocimum kilimandscharicum Guerke |
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Botanical Name |
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Ocimum kilimandscharicum Guerke |
English
Name |
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Camphor Basil |
Family |
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Lamiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An undershrub with pubescent branchlets. Leaves ovate or oblong, acute, narrow at base, deeply serrated, pubescent on both surfaces; flowers in 46-flowered whorls on long villose racemes; nutlets ovoid to ovoid-oblong, black to brown. |
| Herb Effects |
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Killls insects (seed oil); alleviates spasms and stimulates the cardiovascular system (aerial part); antifungal and antibacterial (essential oil). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Limonene, pinene, camphor, myrcene, terpinolene, linalool, beta-phellandrene, borneal, camphene and alpha-selinene (essential oil). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Limonene |
9003-73-0 |
1-methyl-4-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohexene |
C10H16 |
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| Camphor |
8022-77-3 |
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo
rnan-2-one |
C10H16O |
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| Myrcene |
2153-31-3 |
7-methyl-3-methylide
ne-octa-1,6-diene |
C10H16 |
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| Terpinolene |
586-62-9 |
1-methyl-4-propan-2-
ylidene-cyclohexene |
C10H16 |
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| Linalool |
78-70-6 |
3,7-dimethylocta-1,6
-dien-3-ol |
C10H18O |
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| beta-Phellandrene |
555-10-2 |
3-methylidene-6-prop
an-2-yl-cyclohexene |
C10H16 |
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| Borneol |
10385-78-1 |
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo
rnan-2-ol |
C10H18O |
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| Camphene |
5794-04-7 |
2,2-dimethyl-3-methy
lidene-norbornane |
C10H16 |
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| alpha-Selinene |
473-13-2 |
1,4a-dimethyl-7-prop
-1-en-2-yl-4,5,6,7,8
,8a-hexahydro-3H-nap
hthalene |
C15H24 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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To stimulate the central nervous system (seed oil). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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