Basil

LATIN NAME: Ocimum basilicum

COMMON NAME: Basil or Roman Basil or Royal Plant.

HABITAT: Europe, tropical Asia and India.

BASIL EXTRACT DEVELOPED BY OUR LABORATORIES: OBE™ (OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT)

The antiviral effects of Basil

Basil is an herbaceous plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family.

In addition to its culinary use, it contains two essential phytochemicals, rosmarinic acid and caffeic acid, which have several important medicinal characteristics, such as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, antioxidant, antiviral and antifungal activities.

It is a well-known medicinal plant in traditional Chinese medicine for its antiviral activity against DNA and RNA viruses.

For further information

Chiang LC, Ng LT, Cheng PW, Chiang W, Lin CC. Antiviral activities of extracts and selected pure constituents of Ocimum basilicum. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2005 Oct;32(10):811-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2005.04270.x. PMID: 16173941.

Khalid Z. Masoodi, Insha Amin, Sheikh Mansoor, Nazeer Ahmed, Volkan Altay, Munir Ozturk, Chapter 11 - Botanicals from the Himalayas with anticancer potential: an emphasis on the Kashmir Himalayas, Editor(s): Munir Ozturk, Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Milica Peši, Biodiversity and Biomedicine, Academic Press, 2020, Pages 189-234,