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
ISOPIMPINELLIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-SULFATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLACTONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLACTONE-DIACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLIN	15	Seed	3000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLININ	0	Seed	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLINOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLINONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLOL	0	Seed	300.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLOL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHELLOL-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-KHELLACTONE	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
Larvistat	4	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic	1	Gawron, A., Gorski, G., Glowniak*, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphokinetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	2	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mutagenic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *