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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Leaf | 1.0 | 8.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPARONE | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPARONE | 22 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | 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. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Seed | 17.3 | 160.0 | 1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Fruit | 9000.0 | 9873.0 | 2.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 9000.0 | 9873.0 | -0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SESELIN | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESELIN | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHIKIMIC-ACID | 14 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHIKIMIC-ACID | 14 | 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. |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | not available | 4.2 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Seed | 0.1 | 0.4 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | 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. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 50.0 | 1980.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 77.0 | 710.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisenility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 33 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antiserotonin | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 6 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 35 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisterility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |