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Ocimum americanum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 57 constituent measurements for Ocimum americanum. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Ocimum americanum L.

57Constituent measurements

0Safety records

16Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Ocimum canum Sims

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
(-)-globulol	Leaves	Essential oil	3.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	3.03 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	70.2 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.7 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 28.4 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Alpha-selinene	Leaves	Essential oil	3.3 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Alpha-selinene	Flowering top	Essential oil	3.1 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Alpha-selinene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	4.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alpha-selinene	Leaves	Essential oil	5.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	5.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Flowering top	Essential oil	5.9 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Leaves	Essential oil	4.4 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Leaves	Essential oil	7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Live plants	Essential oil	3.43 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	42 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.5 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 49.4 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	41.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 39.5 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 57.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Flowering top	Essential oil	41.5 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Leaves	Essential oil	49.3 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Leaves	Essential oil	38.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Live plants	Essential oil	5.95 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Estragole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 6.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Estragole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 4.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 45.2 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Live plants	Essential oil	1.12 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 8.6 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 0.1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 2.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	41.3 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	10.4 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 30.2 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 3.6 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Flower	Essential oil	6.7 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	11.33 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier

40 of 57 records are shown, ordered so that records carrying a resolvable reference come first.

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Mondello, L., Zappia, G., Cotroneo, A., Bonaccorsi, I., Chowdhury, JU., Yusuf, M., Dugo, G. Studies on the essential oil-bearing plants of Bangladesh. Part VIII. Composition of some Ocimum oils O-basilicum L. var. purpurascens; O-sanctum L. green; O-sanctum L. purple; O-americanum L., citral type; O-americanum L., camphor type . Flavour and fragrance journal, 2002, vol. 17, no. 5, p. 335-340. DOI
Chagonda, LS., Makanda, CD., Chalchat, JC. The essential oils of Ocimum canum Sims (basilic camphor) and Ocimum urticifolia Roth from Zimbabwe . Flavour and fragrance journal, 2000, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 23-26. DOI
Verma, Ram S., Kumar, Amit., Mishra, Priyanka., Kuppusamy, Baskaran., Padalia, Rajendra C., Sundaresan, Velusamy. Essential oil composition of four Ocimum spp. from the Peninsular India. Journal of essential oil research, 2016, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 35-41. DOI
Singh, S., Tewari, G., Pande, C., Singh, C. Variation in essential oil composition of Ocimum americanum L. from north-western Himalayan region . Journal of essential oil research, 2013, vol. 25, no. 4, p. 278-290. DOI
Tonzibo, Z. F., Chalchat, J. C., N'Guessan, Y. T. Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Ocimum canum Sims from Cote d'Ivoire . Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2008, vol. 11, no. 5, p. 530-535.
Kerdchoechuen, Orapin., Laohakunjit, Natta., Singkornard, Sasathorn., Matta, Frank B. Essential Oils from Six Herbal Plants for Biocontrol of the Maize Weevil. Hortscience, 2010, vol. 45, no. 4, p. 592-598.
Jirovetz, L., Buchbauer, G., Shafi, MP., Kaniampady, MM. Chemotaxonomical analysis of the essential oil aroma compounds of four different Ocimum species from southern India . European food research and technology, 2003, vol. 217, no. 2, p. 120-124. DOI
Verma, Ram S., Padalia, Rajendra C., Chauhan, Amit., Thul, Sanjog T. Exploring compositional diversity in the essential oils of 34 Ocimum taxa from Indian flora. Industrial crops and products, 2013, vol. 45, p. 7-19.
Inyang Udousoro, I., Ekop, R.U., Johnson Udo, E. Effect of thermal processing on antinutrients in common edible green leafy vegetables grown in Ikot Abasi, Nigeria. Pakistan journal of nutrition, 2013, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 162-167.
Padalia, Rajendra C., Verma, Ram S., Chauhan, Amit. Analyses of organ specific variations in essential oils of four Ocimum species . Journal of essential oil research, 2014, vol. 26, no. 6, p. 409-419. DOI
Aluko, B. T., Oloyede, O. I., Afolayan, A. J. Phytochemical and nutrient compositions of the leaves of Ocimum canum Sims. African journal of biotechnology, 2012, vol. 11, no. 63, p. 12697-12701.
Farag, Mohamed A., Ezzat, Shahira M., Salama, Maha M., Tadros, Mariane G., Serya, Rabah A. T. Anti-acetylcholinesterase activity of essential oils and their major constituents from four Ocimum species . Zeitschrift fur naturforschung section c-a journal of biosciences, 2016, vol. 71, no. 11-12, p. 393-402. DOI
Tchoumbougnang, F., Zollo, PHA., Avlessi, F., Alitonou, GA., Sohounhloue, DK., Ouamba, JM., Tsomambet, A., Okemy-Andissa, N., Dagne, E., Agnaniet, H., Bessiere, JM., Menut, C. Variability in the chemical compositions of the essential oils of five Ocimum species from tropical African area . Journal of essential oil research, 2006, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 194-199.
Juiz, Paulo J. L., Gambari, Roberto., Piva, Roberta., Penolazzi, Letizia., Silva, Franceli., Alves, Reinaldo J. C., Lucchese, Angelica M., Uetanabaro, Ana Paula T. The impact of compounds isolated from Ocimum sp. on apoptotic activity of osteoclast. Journal of medicinal plants research, 2016, vol. 10, no. 28, p. 417-424.
Huee, T., Cauquil, L., Fokou, J. B. Hzounda., Dongmo, P. M. Jazet., Bakarnga-Via, I., Menut, C. Acaricidal activity of five essential oils of Ocimum species on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus larvae . Parasitology research, 2015, vol. 114, no. 1, p. 91-99. DOI
Demissew, Sebsebe. Description of some essential oil bearing plants in Ethiopia and their indigenous uses. Journal of Essential Oil Research, 1993, vol. 5, no. 5, p. 465-479.

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