Plant Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Fennel

How this plant is used

Food

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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
OSTHENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-ANISALDEHYDE	11	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	12000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-ANISALDEHYDE	11	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-ANISIC-ACID	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	93.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	60.0	93.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Essential Oil	1000.0	10000.0	-0.55	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit	20.0	480.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Root Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	1.35	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-CYMENE	16	Seed	20.0	480.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	4000.0	6000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	4000.0	6000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID	0	Fruit	72000.0	168000.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID	0	Seed	72000.0	729000.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Allergenic	27	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphetaminagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	20	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	10	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *