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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
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 *
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
Antitoxoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 7 Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antitussive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivaricose 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 5 Duke, 1992 *