Antisickling activity of butyl stearate isolated from Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Main Authors: Dorothée Dinangayi Tshilanda, Pius Tshimankinda Mpiana, Damase Nguwo Vele Onyamboko, Blaise Mavinga Mbala, Koto-te-Nyiwa Ngbolua, Damien Sha Tshibey Tshibangu, Matthieu Kokengo Bokolo, Kalulu Muzele Taba, Teddy Kabeya Kasonga
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014
• Subjects: Sickle cell disease; Antisickling plant; Ocimum basilicum; Butyl stearate; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Sickle
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C1329; https://doaj.org/article/7fa260d848fb4948bd914e19566a769f

Objective: To perform phytochemical analyses on the leaves of Ocimum basilicum L. (O. basilicum), to elucidate the structure of isolate and then perform the antisickling activity on the crude extract and on the isolate. Methods: The Emmel test performed on the acidified methanolic extract of this pl...