Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is an important culinary herb and essential oil source widely recognized worldwide. The of the plant beneficial for medicinal uses, it has many biological activities such as insect repellent, larvicidal, bactericidal. This study aimed to investigate basil's its chemical composition repellent activity. basil was extracted from fresh leaves by steam distillation method...

Treating plants with elevated carbon dioxide (eCO2) can increase their drought tolerance. Increased atmospheric CO2, a fundamental factor in climate change, may compensate for the drought-induced reduction crop growth and yield. Basil, being moderately sensitive to stress (DS), experiences several morphological changes under DS. Thus, we designed an experiment that addresses how DS different le...

OBJECTIVES Various antibacterial and antiplaque agents are used in chemical plaque control but none are without their shortcomings. Chlorhexidine considered a gold standard, also has an array of side effects. To overcome these, numerous herbal extracts have been tried and tested and one among them is holy basil. The present study evaluated the antibacterial efficacy of holy basil in vitro again...

Aqueous extraction of basil seed mucilage was optimized using response surface methodology. A Central Composite Rotatable Design (CCRD) for modeling of three independent variables: temperature (40-91 °C); extraction time (1.6-3.3 h) and water/seed ratio (18:1-77:1) was used to study the response for yield. Experimental values for extraction yield ranged from 7.86 to 20.5 g/100 g. Extraction yie...