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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Seed Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
PSORALEN 31 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -0.47 *
PSORALEN 31 Seed 0.0 1.0 -0.73 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN 176 Seed *
QUERCETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 2 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Seed Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 4.0 -0.22 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 1.0 14.0 0.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.4 3.8 0.11 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit *
RUTIN 87 Seed *
SABINENE 5 Fruit 1.0 60.0 -0.52 *
SABINENE 5 Seed 1.0 60.0 -0.44 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antineoplastic 1 *
Antinephritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 2 *
Antineuropathic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 2 *
Antinitrosaminic 9 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic 1 *
Antiophidic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 *
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.