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Plant Ammi visnaga (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Visnaga
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
LACTIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MARMEDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURIC-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN 34 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN 34 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-XYLOGALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-XYLOGLYCOGLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-TRIGLYCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-TRIGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-XYLOGLYCOGLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORKHELLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Perfumery 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 24 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phototoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 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 5 Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.