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
2-METHYL-5,8-DIMETHOXY-FURANO-(4',5',6,7)-CHROMONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3',4'-DIHYDROXY-3',4'-DIHYDROSESELIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-CHROMONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACACETIN	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PYRONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMIOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANIDIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AVISAN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOPYRONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMONES	0	Flower	11460.0	15900.0	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
Respirainhibitor	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Respirodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Rodenticide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rubefacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	3	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
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant	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.
Sunscreen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	4	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	5	Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.