Plant Ammi visnaga (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Visnaga

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
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISAMMIDIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISAMMINOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISNADIN	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISNAGAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISNAGANE	0	Seed	2000.0	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISNAGIN	1	Seed	450.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISNAGININ	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISNAGINONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISNAGION	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VISNAMMIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	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
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	4	Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	2	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
COMP-Inhibitor	1	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	1	Martindale's 28th
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *