Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng: Botanical, Phytochemical, Pharmacological and Nutritional Significance

G Arumugam, MK Swamy, UR Sinniah - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. is a perennial herb belonging to the family
Lamiaceae which occurs naturally throughout the tropics and warm regions of Africa, Asia …

Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses

CW Lukhoba, MSJ Simmonds, AJ Paton - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2006 - Elsevier
Plectranthus is a large and widespread genus with a diversity of ethnobotanical uses. The
genus is plagued with numerous nomenclatural disharmonies that make it difficult to collate …

Medicinal plants and their traditional uses in local communities around Cherangani Hills, Western Kenya

YM Mbuni, S Wang, BN Mwangi, NJ Mbari, PM Musili… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Medicinal plants are vital sources of easily accessible remedy used in the countryside
healthcare system. This study aimed to find and make record of plants that are used for …

Bioactivity of Ocimum gratissimum L. oil and two of its constituents against five insect pests attacking stored food products

JO Ogendo, M Kostyukovsky, U Ravid… - Journal of Stored …, 2008 - Elsevier
The fumigant and repellent effects of Ocimum gratissimum L. oil and its constituents, β-(Z)-
ocimene and eugenol, were evaluated against adults of Sitophilus oryzae (L.), Tribolium …

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of four Ocimum species growing in Tanzania

D Runyoro, O Ngassapa, K Vagionas, N Aligiannis… - Food chemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
As part of ongoing research on Tanzanian plants used as edibles or spices, six samples of
essential oils from four Ocimum species (O. basilicum, O. kilimandscharicum, O. lamiifolium …

Insecticidal activity of the essential oil and polar extracts from Ocimum gratissimum grown in Ivory Coast: Efficacy on insect pests and vectors and impact on non-target …

G Benelli, R Pavela, F Maggi, JGN Wandjou… - Industrial Crops and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ocimum gratissimum L.(white wild basil) is an aromatic herb cultivated in Western Africa for
culinary and pest control purposes. The current research evaluated the insecticidal activity of …

Ethnopharmacology of the plants of genus Ajuga.

ZH Israili, B Lyoussi - Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical …, 2009 - search.ebscohost.com
The plants of genus Ajuga are evergreen, clump-forming rhizomatous perennial or annual
herbaceous flowering species, with Ajuga being one of the 266 genera of the family …

The efficiency of random versus ethno-directed research in the evaluation of Sinai medicinal plants for bioactive compounds

IK Khafagi, A Dewedar - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2000 - Elsevier
Hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts of sixty plant species (growing wild in Sinai,
Egypt) were screened for antibacterial and antifungal activities against a range of Gram …

Ocimum: an overview of classification and relationships

A Paton, RM Harley, MM Harley - Basil, 1999 - taylorfrancis.com
The taxonomy and nomenclature of Ocimum are in a state of confusion. The aim of this
paper is to clearly delimit Ocimum from related genera, provide an up-to-date infrageneric …

Phylogeny and evolution of basils and allies (Ocimeae, Labiatae) based on three plastid DNA regions

AJ Paton, D Springate, S Suddee, D Otieno… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2004 - Elsevier
A phylogeny of basils and allies (Lamiaceae, tribe Ocimeae) based on sequences of the trnL
intron, trnL–trnF intergene spacer and rps 16 intron of the plastid genome is presented …