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
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	1730.0	5012.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	394.0	3650.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	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.
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	24.0	721.0	4.35	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	0.5	4.3	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
MARMESIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MARMESIN	0	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.
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	3010.0	3302.0	2.89	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	3010.0	3302.0	-0.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-CHAVICOL	6	Fruit	70.0	4018.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL	6	Plant	not available	390.0	-0.94	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-CHAVICOL	6	Seed	70.0	4018.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
MIYABENOL-C	0	Seed	not available	5.3	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	100.0	2700.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Seed	100.0	2700.0	0.48	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Root Essent. Oil	not available	28000.0	-1.00	Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTICIN	31	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.

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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.