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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-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) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitussive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiuricosuric | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 7 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Apoptotic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |