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[27] Dubey NK, Kishore N, Varma J, Lee SY. Cytotoxicity of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus and Ocimum gratissimum. Indian J Pharm Sci 1997; 59:263-4.

[28] Jirovetz L, Buchbauer G, Ngassoum MB, Ngamo LT, Adjoudji O.

Combined investigation of the chemical composition of essential

oils of Ocimum gratissimum and Xylopia aethiopica from Cameroon and their insecticidal activities against stored maize pest Sitophilus zeamais. Ernähr 2005; 29: 55-60. 

[29] Offiah VN, Chikwendu UA. Antidiarrhoeal effects of  Ocimum

gratissimum leaf extract in experimental animals. J Ethnopharmacol 1999; 68: 327-30.

[30] Njoku CJ, Zeng L, Asuzu IU, Oberlies NH, Mclaughlin JL.

Oleanolic acid, a bioactive component of the leaves of  Ocimum

gratissimum (lamiaceae). Int J Pharmacognosy 1997; 35: 134-7.

[31] Vasconcelos Silva MG, Craveiro AA, Abreu Matos FJ, Machado

MIL, Alencar JW. Chemical variation during daytime of constituents of the essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum leaves. Fitoterapia

1999; 70: 32-4

[32] Orafidiya LO, Adesina SK, Igbeneghu OA, Akinkunmi EO, Adetogun GE, Salau AO. The effect of honey and surfactant type on

the antibacterial properties of the leaf essential oil of  Ocimum

gratissimum Linn. against common wound-infecting organisms. Int

J Aromatherapy 2006; 16: 57-62. 

[33] Nakamura CV, Ueda-Nakamura T, Bando E, Melo AFN, Cortez

DAG, Filho BPD. Antibacterial activity of Ocimum gratissimum L.

essential oil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1999; 94: 675-8.

[34] Akinyemi KO, Oladapo O, Okwara CE, Ibe CC, Fasure KA.

Screening of crude extracts of six medicinal plants used in SouthWest Nigerian unorthodox medicine for anti-methicillin resistant

Staphylococcus aureus  activity. BMC Complement Altern Med

2005; 5: 6-10.

[35] Lima EO, Gompetz OF, Giesbrecht AM, Paulo MQ. In vitro antifungal activity of essential oils obtained from officinal plant against

dermatophytes. Mycoses 1993; 36: 333-6.

[36] Mbata TI, Saikia A. Antibacterial Activity of Essential oil from

Ocimum gratissimum on Listeria monocytogenes. Int J Food Safety

2007; 7:15-9.

[37] Okigbo RN, Ogbonnaya UO.  Antifungal effects of two tropical

plant leaf extracts (Ocimum gratissimum  and  Aframomum melegueta) on postharvest yam (Dioscorea  spp) rot. Afr J Biotech

2006; 5: 727-31.

[38] Fandohan P, Gbenou JD, Nonlonfin B, et al. Effect of essential oils

on the growth of Fusarium verticillioides  and fumonisin contamination in Corn. J Agric Food Chem 2004; 52: 6824-9. 

[39] Silva MRR, Oliveira Júnior JG, Fernandes OFL,  et al. Antifungal

activity of Ocimum gratissimum towards dermatophytes. Mycoses

2005; 48: 172-5.

[40] Usip LPE, Opara KN, Ibanga ES, Atting IA. Longitudinal evaluation of repellent activity of Ocimum gratissimum (Labiatae) volatile

oil against  Simulium damnosum. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2006;

101: 201-5.

[41] Holetz FB, Ueda-Nakamura T, Filho BPD, Cortez DAG, MorgadoDíaz JA, Nakamura CV. Effect of essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum on the Trypanosomatid Herpetomonas samuelpessoai. Acta

Protozool 2003; 42: 269-76.

[42] Alabi DA, Oyero IA, Jimoh Amusa NA. Fungitoxic and phytotoxic

effect of  Vernonia amygdalina (L), Bryophyllum pinnantus  Kurz

Ocimum gratissimum (Closium) L. and Eucalyptna globules (Caliptos) Labill Water Extracts on Cowpea and Cowpea Seedling Pathogens in Ago-Iwoye, South Western Nigeria. World J Agric Sci

2005; 1: 70-5.

[43] Amadioha AC, Obi VI. Control of anthracnose disease of cowpea

by Cymbopogon citratus and Ocimum gratissimum. Acta Phytopathol Entomol Hungarica 1999; 34: 85-690.

[44] Pessoa LM, Morais SM, Bevilaqua CML, Luciano JHS. Anthelmintic activity of essential oil of  Ocimum gratissimum  Linn.

and eugenol against  Haemonchus contortus. Veterinary Parasitol

2002; 109: 59-63.

[45] Luize PS, Tiuman TS, Morello LG, et al. Effects of medicinal plant

extracts on growth of Leishmania (L.) amazonensis and Trypanosoma cruzi. Braz J Pharm Sci 2005; 41: 85-95.

[46] Tchoumbougnang F, Zollo PH, Dagne E, Mekonnen Y.  In vivo

antimalarial activity of essential oils from  Cymbopogon citratus

and Ocimum gratissimum on mice infected with Plasmodium berghei. Planta Med 2005; 71: 20-3.

[47] Ilori MO, Sheteolu AO, Omonigbehin EA, Adeneye AA. Antidiarrhoeal activities of Ocimum gratissimum (Lamiaceae). J Diarrhoeal

Dis Res 1996; 14: 283-6.

[48] Ezekwesili CN, Obiora KA, Ugwu OP. Evaluation of antidiarrhoeal property of crude aqueous extract of  Ocimum gratissimum L. (Labiatae) in rats. Biokemistri 2004; 16: 122-31.

[49] Madeira SVF, Matos FA, Leal-Cardoso JH, Criddle DN. Relaxant

effects of the essential oil of  Ocimum gratissimum on isolated ileum of the guinea pig. J Ethnopharmacol 2002; 81: 1-4.

[50] Owulade MO, Eghianruwa KI, Daramola FO. Effects of aqueous

extracts of  Hibiscus sabdariffa  calyces and  Ocimum gratissimum

leaves on intestinal transit in rats. Afr J Biomed Res 2004; 7: 31-3.

[51] Madeira SVF, Rabelo M, Soares PMG,  et al. Temporal variation

of chemical composition and relaxant action of the essential oil of

Ocimum gratissimum L. (Labiatae) on guinea-pig ileum. Phytomedicine 2005; 12: 506-9.

[52] Orafidiya LO, Fakoya FA, Agbani EO, Iwalewa EO. Vascular

permeability- increasing effect of the leaf essential oil of Ocimum

gratissimum Linn as a mechanism for its wound healing property.

Afr J Trad CAM 2005; 2: 253-8.

[53] Sahouo GB, Tonzibo ZF, Boti B, Chopard C, Mahy JP, N'guessan

YT. Anti- inflammatory and analgesic activities: Chemical

constituents of essential oils of Ocimum gratissimum, Eucalyptus

citriodora and Cymbopogon giganteus inhibited lipoxygenase L-1

and cyclooxygenase of PGHS. Bull Chem Soc Ethiopia 2003; 17:

191-7.

[54] Aziba PI, Bass D, Elegbe Y. Pharmacological investigation of

Ocimum gratissimum in rodents. Phytother Res 1999; 13: 427-9.

[55] Obaseiki-Ebor EE, Odukoya K, Telikepalli H, Mitscher LA,

Shankel DM. Antimutagenic activity of extracts of leaves of four

common edible vegetable plants in Nigeria (West Africa). Mutat

Res 1993; 2: 109-17. 

[56] Interaminense LF, Jucá DM, Magalhães PJ, Leal-Cardoso JH,

Duarte GP, Lahlou S. Pharmacological evidence of calciumchannel blockade by essential oil of  Ocimum gratissimum and its

main constituent, eugenol, in isolated aortic rings from DOCA-salt

hypertensive rats. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2007; 21: 497-506.

[57] Interaminense LFL, Leal-Cardoso JH, Magalhães PJC, Duarte GP,

Lahlou S. Enhanced hypotensive effects of the essential oil of

Ocimum gratissimum leaves and its main constituent, eugenol, in

DOCA-salt hypertensive conscious rats. Planta Medica 2005; 71:

376-8.

[58] Lahlou S, Interaminense LDFL, Leal-Cardoso JH, Morais SM,

Duarte GP. Cardiovascular effects of the essential oil of Ocimum

gratissimum leaves in rats: Role of the autonomic nervous system.

Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2004; 31: 219-25.

[59] Oladunmoye MK. Immunostimulatory Activity of ethanolic leaf

extract from Ocimum gratissimum in albino rat orogastrically dosed

with  Escherichia coli (NCIB 86). J Pharmacol Toxicol 2006; 1:

389-94.

[60] Mohammed A, Tanko Y, Okasha MA, Magaji RA, Yaro AH. Effects of aqueous leaves extract of Ocimum gratissimum on blood

glucose levels of streptozotocin induced diabetic wistar rats. Afr J

Biotechnol 2007; 6: 2087-90. 

[61] Orafidiya LO, Agbani EO, Adelusola KA,  et al. A study on the

effect of the essential oil of Ocimun gratissimum Linn. on cyclophosphamide induced inhibited hair growth in pulp rats. Int J Aromather 2004; 14: 119-28.

[62] Trevisan MTS, Silva MGV, Pfundstein B, Spiegelhalder B, Owen

RW. Characterization of the volatile pattern and antioxidant capacity of essential oils from different species of the genus Ocimum. J

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[63] Anroop B, Bhatnagar SP, Ghosh B, Parcha V. Studies on Ocimum

gratissimum seed mucilage: evaluation of suspending properties.

Indian J Pharm Sci 2005; 67: 206-9.

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[66] Ravikumar, Shirwaikar AA, Shirwaikar A, Prabu SL, Mahalaxmi

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seed mucilage of Ocimum gratissimum. Indian J Pharm Sci 2007;

69: 753-8. 

[67] Orafidiya LO, Agbani EO, Oyedele AO, Babalola OO, Onayemi O.

Preliminary clinical tests on topical preparations of Ocimum gratissimum Linn leaf essential oil for the treatment of acne vulgaris.

Clin Drug Invest 2002; 22: 313-9.

[68] Orafidiya LO, Agbani EO, Oyedele AO, Babalola OO, Onayemi O,

Aiyedun FF. The effect of aloe vera gel on the anti-acne properties

of the essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum Linn leaf – a preliminary clinical investigation. Int J Aromather 2004; 14: 15-21.

[69] Orafidiya LO, Agbani EO, Iwalewa EO, Adelusola KA, Oyedapo

OO. Studies on the acute and sub-chronic toxicity of the essential

oil of Ocimum gratissimum L. leaf. Phytomed 2004; 11: 71-6.

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