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Table 3 Phytochemical screening of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) blossoms aqueous extract profile

From: Low-temperature extracts of Purple blossoms of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) intervened mitochondrial translocation contributes prompted apoptosis in human breast cancer cells

Phytochemical

Extract content

Anthocyanins

+ 

Anthraquinones

+ 

Reducing sugars

+ 

Tannins

+ 

Glycosides

+ 

Alkaloids

Flavonoids

+ 

Volatile oils

+ 

Amino acids/proteins

+ 

Terpinoids

Saponins

+ 

Steroids

+ 

  1. Trace content presence (+), Trace content absence (−)