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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
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
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator 8 Merck 11th Edition
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 1 Wealth of India.
Vulnerary 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-91.
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.