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Plant Ammi visnaga (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Visnaga
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Camphor) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Morphine) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Wealth of India.
Antiedemic 3 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 7 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.
Antifertility 1 Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antigastric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.