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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
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 6.0 56.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Essential Oil not available 692000.0 0.82 Jim Duke's personal files.
ANETHOLE 36 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANETHOLE 36 Seed 64800.0 800000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Seed Essent. Oil not available 680000.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Essential Oil not available 8200.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Fruit 1.0 1080.0 1.05 Duke, 1992 *
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Seed 1.0 1080.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANISIC-ACID 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANISIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ANISIC-KETONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-KETONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ANISKETONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIOLE 20 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOLE 20 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 6800.0 7460.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 7 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
Antitachycardic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithalassemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombotic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithromboxane-B2 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
Antithyroid 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitoxemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.