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Common Names
Fennel
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYCOLLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIJAVERIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Fruit | 3310.0 | 3631.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 3310.0 | 3631.0 | -0.66 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Fruit | 0.0 | 3.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Seed | 0.0 | 3.0 | -1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.28 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 100.0 | 240.0 | 0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 27.0 | 270.0 | -0.42 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 2.3 | 21.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Fruit | 6950.0 | 7624.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 6950.0 | 7624.0 | -0.37 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOPIMPINELLIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPIMPINELLIN | 15 | Seed | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JUGLANIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiischemic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antijet-lag | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antikeshan | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antilactobacillic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLegionella | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileucodermic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antileukemic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukodermic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |