Plant Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Fennel

How this plant is used

Food

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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
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-FENCHONE	0	Essential Oil	1000.0	8000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-FENCHONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	17000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-FENCHONE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PINENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Essential Oil	1000.0	12000.0	-0.75	Jim Duke's personal files.
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Fruit	1.0	300.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Seed	1.0	300.0	-0.67	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-CARENE	0	Fruit	120.0	720.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-CARENE	0	Seed	120.0	720.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Fruit	0.0	5.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Seed	0.0	5.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN	21	Fruit	0.0	1.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN	21	Seed	0.0	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	0.4	1.56	Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE	3	Fruit	7890.0	8655.0	1.94	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	7890.0	8655.0	-0.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
Antitubercular	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	29	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colorectal)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	14	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.