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Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.


Botanical Name	:	Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.
English Name	:	Visnaga, Toothpick-plant
Family	:	Apiaceae

General Info

Description

Glabrous, 1-2 m tall, branched; nodes swollen. Leaves pinnately to ternate¬ly dissected; segments filiform to linear. Peduncles 5-12 cm long. Involucre of divided bracts, deflexed; segments filiform. Umbel receptacle enlarged. Rays up to 50, contracted in fruit, stout. Involucel of linear bractlets. Calyx teeth minute. Fruit ovoid to oblong, 2 mm long.

Herb Effects

Diuretic, antispasmodic, lithontripic (seeds)

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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Acacetin, alpha-pyrone, cinnamic acid, coumarin, delphinidin, furocoumarin, isopimpinellin, isorhamnetin, kaempferol, quercetin, rhamnetin, rhamnocitrin, shikimic acid, stearic acid, xanthotoxin (plant); alpha-terpineol, camphor, carvone, terpinen-4-ol (essential oil); ammiol, khellin, oleic acid, palmitic acid, visnadin (seed); astragalin, isoquercitrin, myricetin, rutin (flower, leaf)

Chemistry of Active Ingredients

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Acacetin

480-44-4

4,5-dihydroxy-2-(4-m
ethoxyphenyl)-chrome
n-7-one

C₁₆H₁₂O₅

Cinnamic acid

63938-16-9

3-phenylprop-2-enoic
acid

C₉H₈O₂

Coumarin

60094-90-8

6-(1,2-dihydroxy-3-m
ethyl-but-3-enyl)-7-
methoxy-chromen-2-on
e

C₁₅H₁₆O₅

Delphinidin

528-53-0

[3,7-dihydroxy-2-(3,
4,5-trihydroxyphenyl
)-chromen-5-ylidene]
oxonium ch loride

C₁₅H₁₁ClO₇

Furocoumarin

66-97-7

Not Available

C₁₁H₆O₃

Isopimpinellin

482-27-9

Not Available

C₁₃H₁₀O₅

Isorhamnetin

480-19-3

3,4,5-trihydroxy-2-(
4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-
phenyl)-chromen-7-on
e

C₁₆H₁₂O₇

Kaempferol

80714-53-0

3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2 -yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one

C₃₃H₄₀O₂₁

Quercetin

Not Available

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one

C₁₅H₁₀O₇

Rhamnetin

90-19-7

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4-dihydroxy-7-
methoxy-chromen-5-on
e

C₁₆H₁₂O₇

Rhamnocitrin

Not Available

3,5-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-7-meth
oxy-chromen-4-one

C₁₆H₁₂O₆

Shikimic acid

138-59-0

3,4,5-trihydroxycycl
ohexene-1-carboxylic
acid

C₇H₁₀O₅

Stearic acid

82497-27-6

Octadecanoic acid

C₁₈H₃₆O₂

Xanthotoxin

298-81-7

Not Availbale

C₁₂H₈O₄

alpha-Terpineol

10482-56-1

2-(4-methyl-1-cycloh
ex-3-enyl)propan-2-o
l

C₁₀H₁₈O

Camphor

8022-77-3

1,7,7-trimethylnorbo
rnan-2-one

C₁₀H₁₆O

Carvone

53763-73-8

2-methyl-5-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohex-2-en-
1-one

C₁₀H₁₄O

Terpinen-4-ol

Not Available

4-methyl-1-propan-2-
yl-cyclohex-3-en-1-o
l

C₁₀H₁₈O

Khellin

Not Available

C₁₄H₁₂O₅

Oleic acid

8046-01-3

octadec-9-enoic acid

C₁₈H₃₄O₂

Palmitic acid

66321-94-6

Hexadecanoic acid

C₁₆H₃₂O₂

Visnadin

Not Available

C₂₁H₂₄O₇

Astragalin

480-10-4

4,5-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4
,5-trihydroxy-6-(hyd
roxymethyl )oxan-2-
yl]oxy-chromen-7-one

C₂₁H₂₀O₁₁

Isoquercitrin

21637-25-2

3-[5-(1,2-dihydroxye
thyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-
oxolan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3
,4-dihydro xyphenyl
)-4,5-dihydroxy-chro
men-7-one

C₂₁H₂₀O₁₂

Myricetin

529-44-2

3,4,5-trihydroxy-2-(
3,4,5-trihydroxyphen
yl)-chromen-7-one

C₁₅H₁₀O₈

Rutin

Not Available

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
[(3,4,5-tr ihydroxy
-6-methyl-tetrahydro
pyran-2-yl)oxymethyl
]tetrahydropyran-2-y
l] oxy-chromen-7-on
e trihydrate

C₂₇H₃₆O₁₉

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

To alleviate the excruciating pain of kidney stones (plant); dilate the bronchial, urinary and blood vessels without affecting blood pressure, in the treatment of asthma, angina, coronary arteriosclerosis and kidney stones (seeds)

Contraindication

It decreases the toxicity of the cardiac glycoside, digitoxin, due to the coronary vasodilator and antiarrhythmic effects. Khella is also contraindicated in pregnancy due to the emmenagogue and uterine stimulating activity of khellin.

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