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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Fennel
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRIGONELLINE 15 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 2530.0 2775.0 2.70 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2530.0 2775.0 -0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 4100.0 4498.0 0.86 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 4100.0 4498.0 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Fruit *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Root *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
UREASE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
UREASE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
UREASE 0 Stem List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VALINE 3 Fruit 9150.0 10037.0 1.15 *
VALINE 3 Seed 9150.0 10037.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Fruit *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed 0.5 -1.53 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit *
VANILLIN 28 Seed *
WATER 0 Fruit 80670.0 104796.0 -2.89 *
WATER 0 Plant 842000.0 900000.0 0.55 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Seed 892000.0 2.55 *
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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 *
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 *
Antikeratotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilactobacillic 1 *
Antilaryngitic 1 *
AntiLegionella 3 *
Antileishmanic 3 *
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 *
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 *