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basil

Plant with aromatic leaves, belonging to the mint family. A native of the tropics, it is cultivated in Europe as a herb and used to flavour food. Its small white flowers appear on spikes. (Genus Ocimum basilicum, family Labiatae.)



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Basil is one that readily self-sows in our garden and Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) is an absolute favourite with its large, emerald-green leaves.
For sprinkling, he uses a small twig of ngeraseh (basil, Ocimum basilicum L.
The effects of doses of 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight of hydroalcoholic extract (80% ethanol, 20% water) of the fresh leaves of Ocimum basilicum on xenobiotic metabolizing Phase I and Phase II enzymes, antioxidant enzymes, Glutathione content, Lactate dehydrogenase and lipid peroxidation in the liver of 8-9 weeks old Swiss albino mice were examined.
 
 
 
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