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Ammi majus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 47 constituent measurements and 3 adverse-effect records for Ammi majus. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Ammi majus L.

47Constituent measurements
3Safety records
15Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Methoxsalen12
  • Isopimpinellin10
  • Bergapten9
  • Marmesin5
  • Furanocoumarins2
  • Imperatorin2
  • Isoimperatorin2
  • Bergaptol1
  • Coumarins1
  • L-piperitone1

Plant parts

  • Fruit unspecified18
  • Seed16
  • Leaves10
  • Roots and other underground parts3
  • Unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction47
  • Essential oil1

Effect types

  • Hepatotoxicity1
  • Other toxicities1
  • Pulmonary and cardiac1

Target tissues

  • Respiratory1

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
BergaptenSeedSolvent extraction≥ 0.217 PercentColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryResolve DOI
BergaptenSeedSolvent extraction≤ 0.251 PercentColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryResolve DOI
BergaptenSeedSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
CoumarinsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
FuranocoumarinsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
IsopimpinellinSeedSolvent extraction≥ 0.472 PercentColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryResolve DOI
IsopimpinellinSeedSolvent extraction≤ 0.637 PercentColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryResolve DOI
IsopimpinellinFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—HPLC-DADResolve DOI
IsopimpinellinSeedSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
MethoxsalenSeedSolvent extraction≥ 0.179 PercentColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryResolve DOI
MethoxsalenSeedSolvent extraction≤ 0.366 PercentColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryResolve DOI
MethoxsalenFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—HPLC-DADResolve DOI
MethoxsalenSeedSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
ScopoletinFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
BergaptenFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction——No resolvable identifier
BergaptenFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Chromatography hyphenated to element spectrometryNo resolvable identifier
BergaptenSeedSolvent extraction739.374 Milligram/100 gramHPLC with standard detection methodsNo resolvable identifier
BergaptenSeedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
BergaptenLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 100 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
BergaptenLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 60 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
BergaptolFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Chromatography hyphenated to element spectrometryNo resolvable identifier
FuranocoumarinsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Chromatography hyphenated to element spectrometryNo resolvable identifier
ImperatorinFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction——No resolvable identifier
ImperatorinFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Chromatography hyphenated to element spectrometryNo resolvable identifier
IsoimperatorinFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Chromatography hyphenated to element spectrometryNo resolvable identifier
IsoimperatorinLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 20 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
IsopimpinellinFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Chromatography hyphenated to element spectrometryNo resolvable identifier
IsopimpinellinFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—HPLC-DADNo resolvable identifier
IsopimpinellinSeedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
IsopimpinellinLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 10 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
IsopimpinellinLeavesSolvent extraction≥ 2 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
IsopimpinellinLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 80 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
L-piperitoneSeedEssential oil10 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
MarmesinFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Chromatography hyphenated to element spectrometryNo resolvable identifier
MarmesinLeavesSolvent extraction≥ 2 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
MarmesinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 30 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
MarmesinLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 40 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
MarmesinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 5 Milligram/100 gramStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
MethoxsalenFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction——No resolvable identifier
MethoxsalenFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Chromatography hyphenated to element spectrometryNo resolvable identifier

40 of 47 records are shown, ordered so that records carrying a resolvable reference come first.

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
Hepatotoxicity—Unspecified—Bird (as animal)Chronic/long term toxicityResolve DOI
Pulmonary and cardiacRespiratory—Solvent extractionHouse mouse (as animal)Acute toxicityResolve DOI
Other toxicities———Cattle (as animal)Case reportNo resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

  1. Al-Qura'n, Saleh. Ethnobotanical survey of folk toxic plants in southern part of Jordan.. Toxicon, 2005, vol. 46, no. 2, p. 119-129.
  2. Egyed, M N., Malkinson, M., Shlosberg, A. Observations on the experimental poisoning of young geese with Ammi majus. . Avian pathology : journal of the w.v.p.a, 1974, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 79-87. DOI
  3. Shah, A.H., Qureshi, S., Tariq, M., Ageel, A.M. Toxicity studies on six plants used in the traditional Arab system of medicine. Phytotherapy research, 1989, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 25-29. DOI
  4. Shlosberg, A., Egyed, M N. Examples of poisonous plants in Israel of importance to animals and man.. Archives of toxicology. supplement. = archiv fur toxikologie. supplement, 1983, vol. 6, p. 194-6.
  5. KARAWYA, MS., KHAYYAL, SE., YOUSSEF, GF. ESTIMATION OF XANTHOTOXIN, IMPERATORIN AND BERGAPTEN IN AMMI-MAJUS FRUITS AND FORMULATIONS . Planta medica, 1970, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 195-&.
  6. Arab, S.T., Al-Nami, S.Y., Abu-Mustafa, E.A. Chemical composition of ammi majus l. and its inhibition activity against corrosion. Egyptian journal of chemistry, 2008, vol. 51, no. SPEC. ISS., p. 115-128.
  7. Krivut, B.A., Perel'son, M.E. Spectrophotometric determination of furocoumarins in the seeds of Ammi majus L.. Pharmaceutical chemistry journal, 1967, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 100-102. DOI
  8. Harsahay, M., Hemant Kr, P., Aarti, M., Mohd., N. Development of HPLC method for estimation of furonocumarins in Psoralea corylifolia and Ammi majus. International journal of pharmacognosy and phytochemical research, 2014, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 290-294.
  9. Elgamal, M. H. A., Abu Mustafa, E. A., Sha laby, N. M. M. Isolation of komalin and isooxyimperatorin from the fruits of Ammi majus L.. Egyptian journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 1991, vol. 32, no. 1-2, p. 389-94.
  10. Bartnik, Magdalena., Mazurek, Anna Katarzyna. Isolation of Methoxyfuranocoumarins From Ammi majus by Centrifugal Partition Chromatography . Journal of chromatographic science, 2016, vol. 54, no. 1, p. 10-16. DOI
  11. ELGAMAL, MHA., SHALABY, NMM., DUDDECK, H., HIEGEMANN, M. COUMARINS AND COUMARIN GLUCOSIDES FROM THE FRUITS OF AMMI-MAJUS. Phytochemistry, 1993, vol. 34, no. 3, p. 819-823. DOI
  12. Pokrovskii, O. I., Markoliya, A. A., Lepeshkin, F. D., Kuvykin, I. V., Parenago, O. O., Gonchukov, S. A. Extraction of Linear Furocoumarins from Ammi Majus Seeds by Means of Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography . Russian journal of physical chemistry b, 2009, vol. 3, no. 8, p. 1165-1171. DOI
  13. Krivut, B. A., Perel'son, M. E. Spectrophotometric determination of furocoumarins in the seeds of Ammi majus.. Khimiko-farmatsevticheskii zhurnal, 1967, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 46-8.
  14. Abu-Mustafa, Effat A., El-Bay, F. K. A., Fayez, M. B. E. Natural coumarins. XI. The distribution of coumarins in the Ammi majus plant and a possible pattern for their biogenetic evolution.. Planta medica, 1969, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 90-7.
  15. Ashraf, Muhammad., Ahmad, Rafi., Bhatty, Muhammad Khurshid. Studies on the essential oils of the Pakistani species of the family Umbelliferae. Part XXX. Ammi majus seed oil.. Pakistan journal of scientific and industrial research, 1979, vol. 22, no. 5, p. 255-7.

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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