伞形科和十字花科植物在埃及食品和医药工业中有重要作用,在民间医学也有广泛应用,其中莳萝Anethum graveolens L.、旱芹Apium graveolens、野胡萝卜Daucus carotaL.的果实,芝麻菜Eruca sativa Mill的种子常用于利尿。研究表明。这些植物的果实或种子含有挥发油、甾醇和三萜类成分,碳水化合物和甙类,鞣质及黄酮,仅芝麻菜种子中含芥子油甙。将这些植物组织粉碎,经石油醚脱脂,70％乙醇冷渗,提取液50℃真空浓缩。挥发油由种子或果实经水蒸气蒸馏制得。干燥的醇提物配成适宜浓度的生理盐水 Umbelliferae and cruciferous plants play an important role in the Egyptian food and pharmaceutical industry and are widely used in folk medicine. Among them are the fruits of dill Anethum graveolens L., the canary Apium graveolens, the fruit of the wild carrot Daucus carota L., and the arugula Eruca. The seeds of sativa Mill are often used to diuretic. research shows. The fruits or seeds of these plants contain essential oils, sterols and triterpenoids, carbohydrates and terpenes, tannins and flavonoids, and only the arugula seeds contain mustard oil. The plant tissues were crushed, delipidated with petroleum ether, cold-saturated with 70% ethanol, and the extract was concentrated in vacuo at 50°C. Volatile oils are obtained by steam distillation of seeds or fruits. Dry ethanol extracts are formulated into appropriate concentrations of physiological saline