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Ocimum kilimandscharicum Guerke
Botanical Name
:
Ocimum kilimandscharicum Guerke
English
Name
:
Camphor Basil
Family
:
Lamiaceae
General Info
Description
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
Killls insects (seed oil); alleviates spasms and stimulates the cardiovascular system (aerial part); antifungal and antibacterial (essential oil).
Chemistry
Active Ingredients
Limonene, pinene, camphor, myrcene, terpinolene, linalool, beta-phellandrene, borneal, camphene and alpha-selinene (essential oil).
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients
Name
CAS#
IUPAC Name
Formula
Structure
Limonene
9003-73-0
1-methyl-4-prop-1-en -2-yl-cyclohexene
C10 H16
Camphor
8022-77-3
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo rnan-2-one
C10 H16 O
Myrcene
2153-31-3
7-methyl-3-methylide ne-octa-1,6-diene
C10 H16
Terpinolene
586-62-9
1-methyl-4-propan-2- ylidene-cyclohexene
C10 H16
Linalool
78-70-6
3,7-dimethylocta-1,6 -dien-3-ol
C10 H18 O
beta-Phellandrene
555-10-2
3-methylidene-6-prop an-2-yl-cyclohexene
C10 H16
Borneol
10385-78-1
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo rnan-2-ol
C10 H18 O
Camphene
5794-04-7
2,2-dimethyl-3-methy lidene-norbornane
C10 H16
alpha-Selinene
473-13-2
1,4a-dimethyl-7-prop -1-en-2-yl-4,5,6,7,8 ,8a-hexahydro-3H-nap hthalene
C15 H24
Pharmacology
Medicinal Use
To stimulate the central nervous system (seed oil).
Reference
Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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