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Plant Ammi majus (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Bishop's Weed
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
5-HYDROXYMARMESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-[2-(3-METHYLBUTYROXY)-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTOXY]-PS. 0 Plant not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-[2-(ACETOXY)-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTOXY]-PSORALEN 1 Seed not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-[2-(3-METHYLBUTYROXY)-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTOXY]-PS. 0 Plant not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLOIMPERATORIN 4 Seed not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMAJIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMIDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMIFURIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMIRIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMOIDIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGALCIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGENOMALIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed 400.0 3100.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMESOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESELOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Sedative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 1 Merck 11th Edition
Teratologic 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Vasodilator 4 Merck 11th Edition
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.