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Namah Tulsi, holy basil: a gentle energy tonic

Cancer clinical trial data
Select cancer clinical trial data
Therapeutic area Study Benefit Description
Prostate cancer Prostate cancer cell • Findings suggest • Prostate cancer
study 24-48 hours that ethanolic extract cells were treated
of OS can effectively with different
induce apoptosis, concentrations
leading to cell death of 70% ethanolic
in prostate cancer extract of OS
cells (17). and then the
cytotoxicity was
determined after
24 and 48 hours.
Breast cancer Breast cancer cell • The study findings • Essential oil OS
study indicate that was extracted
Ocimum sanctum using hydro
(OS) has the ability distillation of the
to cause apoptosis leaves.
and reduce • Cell proliferation
proliferation of was measured
breast cancer cells, at different
and its potential for concentrations
use as an anticancer
agent (18).
Oral cancer Oral cancer cell • The aqueous • Aqueous and
study extract of Ocimum dry extract of OT
tenuiflorum (OT) of with both Krishna
Krishna and Rama tulsi and Rama
tulsi exhibited tulsi leaves were
significant anti- prepared.
proliferative
properties, causing
apoptosis in oral
cancer cell line,
suggesting the
potential for use as
an anti-cancer agent
(19).

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