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 C10 H16
Camphor 8022-77-3
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo C10 H16 O
Myrcene 2153-31-3
7-methyl-3-methylide C10 H16
Terpinolene 586-62-9
1-methyl-4-propan-2- C10 H16
Linalool 78-70-6
3,7-dimethylocta-1,6 C10 H18 O
beta-Phellandrene 555-10-2
3-methylidene-6-prop C10 H16
Borneol 10385-78-1
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo C10 H18 O
Camphene 5794-04-7
2,2-dimethyl-3-methy C10 H16
alpha-Selinene 473-13-2
1,4a-dimethyl-7-prop C15 H24
Pharmacology
Medicinal Use
To stimulate the central nervous system (seed oil).
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