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Plant Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Fennel
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 7.1 33.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 0.1 0.7 -1.26 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiprostatitic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 8 Martindale's 29th
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 6 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiradicular 21 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antireproductive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscleromyxoedemic 1 Martindale's 29th