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SUBMITTER: Flegkas A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6473744 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) 20190312 1
<b>Background:</b> <i>Ocimum sanctum</i> L. (holy basil; Tulsi in Hindi) is an important medicinal plant, traditionally used in India. <b>Methods:</b> The phytochemical study of the nonpolar (dichloromethane 100%) and polar (methanol:water; 7:3) extracts yielded fourteen compounds. Compounds <b>6</b>, <b>7</b>, <b>9</b>, <b>11</b>, <b>12</b>, and <b>13</b>, along with the methanol:water extract were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against the human cancer cell lines MCF-7, SKBR3, and HCT-116, a ...[more]