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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYCOLLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIJAVERIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Fruit | 3310.0 | 3631.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 3310.0 | 3631.0 | -0.66 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Fruit | 0.0 | 3.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Seed | 0.0 | 3.0 | -1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.28 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 100.0 | 240.0 | 0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 27.0 | 270.0 | -0.42 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 2.3 | 21.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Fruit | 6950.0 | 7624.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 6950.0 | 7624.0 | -0.37 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOPIMPINELLIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPIMPINELLIN | 15 | Seed | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JUGLANIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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. |