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Internal ID UUID643fe4c15f977289670637
Scientific name Ocimum carnosum
Authority Link & Otto ex Benth.
First published in Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 11 (1832)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lumnitzera carnosa Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 223. 1827 [Jan-Jun 1827]
Ocimum atrovirens Bartl. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1841: 5 (1841)
Ocimum ebracteatum Pohl ex J.A.Schmidt Fl. Bras. 8: 72 (1858)
Ocimum graveolens Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 411. 1922 (1922)
Ocimum montevideanum Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 3: 58 (1924)
Ocimum selloi Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 6 (1832)
Ocimum selloi var. angustifolium Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907)
Ocimum selloi var. tweedieanum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907)
Ocimum tweedieanum Benth. Prodr. 12: 38 (1848)
Ocimum selloi var. carnosum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907)
Ocimum selloi var. genuinum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907)
Ocimum selloi f. subintegrifolium Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907)
Ocimum selloi f. serratum Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 622 (1907)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000253253
Tropicos 17600544
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452893-1
The Plant List kew-136842
NCBI Taxonomy 3015638
IPNI 452893-1
iNaturalist 278913
GBIF 3898191
Open Tree Of Life 1058614

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Properties of the Subfamily Nepetoideae (Lamiaceae) in Inflammatory Diseases Ortiz-Mendoza N, Martínez-Gordillo MJ, Martínez-Ambriz E, Basurto-Peña FA, González-Trujano ME, Aguirre-Hernández E Plants (Basel) 02-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10648697
doi:10.3390/plants12213752
PMID:37960108
Evaluation of basil (Ocimum basilicum) accessions under different drought conditions based on yield and physio-biochemical traits Rahimi M, Mortazavi M, Mianabadi A, Debnath S BMC Plant Biol 28-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10612340
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04554-8
PMID:37891460
Patterns of use of wild food plants by Brazilian local communities: systematic review and meta-analysis Gomes LC, Medeiros PM, Prata AP J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10601232
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00619-y
PMID:37880767
Medicinal Plants Used for Eye Conditions in Mexico—A Review Salazar-Gómez A, Velo-Silvestre AA, Alonso-Castro AJ, Hernández-Zimbrón LF Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 09-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610470
doi:10.3390/ph16101432
PMID:37895904
Climate change threatens native potential agroforestry plant species in Brazil Lima VP, de Lima RA, Joner F, Siddique I, Raes N, ter Steege H Sci Rep 10-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8831634
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-06234-3
PMID:35145191
A Review of Medicinal Plants with Antiviral Activity Available in Bangladesh and Mechanistic Insight Into Their Bioactive Metabolites on SARS-CoV-2, HIV and HBV Bachar SC, Mazumder K, Bachar R, Aktar A, Al Mahtab M Front Pharmacol 08-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8606584
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.732891
PMID:34819855
The “Hidden Diversity” of Medicinal Plants in Northeastern Brazil: Diagnosis and Prospects for Conservation and Biological Prospecting Cavalcanti DR, Albuquerque UP Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 20-Oct-2013
PMCID:PMC3817947
doi:10.1155/2013/102714
PMID:24228056
Traditional botanical knowledge of artisanal fishers in southern Brazil Baptista MM, Ramos MA, de Albuquerque UP, Coelho-de-Souza G, Ritter MR J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-Jul-2013
PMCID:PMC3737040
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-54
PMID:23898973
Chemical Characterization of basil (Ocimum Spp.) found in the markets and used in traditional medicine in Brazil Roberto F. Vieira, James E. Simon Springer Science and Business Media LLC 04-Dec-2010
doi:10.1007/BF02907824
Variation of ursolic acid content in eight Ocimum species from northeastern Brazil. Silva MG, Vieira IG, Mendes FN, Albuquerque IL, dos Santos RN, Silva FO, Morais SM Molecules 14-Oct-2008
PMCID:PMC6245192
doi:10.3390/MOLECULES13102482
PMID:18923339

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
Eugenol 3314 Click to see 164.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907824
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Aromatic monoterpenoids
Thymol 6989 Click to see 150.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907824
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(R)-beta-bisabolene 68128 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)CCC=C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907824
Beta-Bisabolene 10104370 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)CCC=C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907824
Caryophyllene 5281515 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C2CC(C2CC1)(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907824
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Elemane sesquiterpenoids
Beta-Elemene 6918391 Click to see 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907824
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Urs-12-en-28-oic acid, 3-hydroxy-, (3beta)- 220774 Click to see 456.70 unknown https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245192/

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