Background: Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), a member of the Lamiaceae family, has traditionally been used as a medicinal plant in the treatment of headaches, coughs, diarrhea, constipation, warts, worms, and kidney malfunctions. Objective: To investigate the foliar application effects of bio-stimulators and bio-fertilizers on morphological and phytochemical traits of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). ...

The present study deals with the diversity and distribution of VAMF at different sites with different selected plants. Maximum number of VAMF species were found at site IV (57 species) out of which Glomus species was most dominant (58%), followed by Acaulospora (19%), Scutellospora (8%), Sclerocystis (4.8%) and Gigaspora (1.6%) respectively. In site II 56 species of VAMF were observed with Glom...

Ocimum gratissimum is a common plant in the tropics and has been used in food and medicine. Its usage in food and medicine could be attributed to its phtyochemical and antimicrobial properties. In this study we investigated the proximate, phytochemical, and antimicrobial attributes of air dried leaves of O. gratissimum. The aqueous extract was found to contain phtyochemicals with alkaloid and s...

Received 10 Feb., 2010, Accepted 19 December, 2010 Abstract Antibacterial properties of Ocimum gratissimum was determined and tested against pure cultures of clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella , Shigella and Salmonella species. Water and Ethanol were used for the extraction of the active constituent of the plants. Water extract of Ocimum gratissimum was not as effective as the et...

Original Article Ocimum sanctum Rosmarinic acid Elicitation Cell suspension Methyl jasmonate Yeast extract

background: protecting the environment from chemical hazards of synthetic insecticides along with offering of new breeding areas for vectors by urbanization indicate the trial of natural insecticides. methods: the acetone extracts of anethum graveolens , ocimum basilicum and thymus vulgaris were tested for their insecticidal effect on culex pipiens adults and larvae in different concentrations ...

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 essenti...