Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common bacterium that causes community-acquired pneumonia. Basil leaves (Ocimum basilicum L.) have antibacterial compounds. The results of phytochemical screening showed basil contain saponins, tannins and essential oils which activity. purpose this study was to prove effect leaf extract on growth . This conducted using disc diffusion method, namely by soaki...

We evaluated the effects of aqueous and ethanolic leaf extracts of Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) on sodium arsenite-induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar rats. We observed that treatment of the animals with the extracts before or just after sodium arsenite administration significantly (p < 0.05) reduced mean liver and serum γ-Glutamyl transferase (γGT), and serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activiti...

in order to have a sustainable agriculture it is necessary to use environmental friendly inputs to improve ecological aspects of environment. basil (ocimum basilicum l.) is a medicinal and vegetable crop which is cultivated in different parts of the world. an experiment was conducted at research station, faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, in year 2009. a complete rand...

In the current study, response surface methodology (RSM) was used to assess the effects of extraction time and temperature on the content of bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of purple basil leaf (Ocimum basilicum L.) extracts. The stability of anthocyanins in relation to temperature, light and copigmentation was also studied. The highest anthocyanin content was 67.40 mg/100 g extrac...

Background: Biosynthesis and metabolism of phytochemicals in medicinal and aromatic plants are vigorously affected by different abiotic elicitors including chemicals. Objective: This experiment was designed to investigate the effects of three levels of copper sulfate (Cu: 0, 5, 25 mg kg-1) and zinc sulfate (Zn: 0, 10, 50 mg kg-1) and their combinations on yield, chemical compositions of esse...

Ocimum basilicum essential oil (EO) was evaluated for its biological effects on M. domestica. Characterization of O. EO revealed the presence methyl chavicol (70.93%), linalool (9.34%), epi-?-cadinol (3.69 %), eugenol (2.48%), ?-cadinene (1.67%), 1,8-cineole (1.30%) and (E)-?-ocimene (1.11%). The basil constituents elicited a neuronal response in female adults Adult flies showed reduced prefere...