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Plant Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae)

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
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 1730.0 5012.0 1.33 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 394.0 3650.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 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.
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 24.0 721.0 4.35 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 0.5 4.3 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
MARMESIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MARMESIN 0 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.
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 3010.0 3302.0 2.89 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 3010.0 3302.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Fruit 70.0 4018.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Plant not available 390.0 -0.94 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Seed 70.0 4018.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
MIYABENOL-C 0 Seed not available 5.3 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit 100.0 2700.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed 100.0 2700.0 0.48 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Root Essent. Oil not available 28000.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
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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
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.