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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 17604.0 | 163000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHOL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FENCHOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | 87000.0 | 1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Fruit | 10.0 | 24000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Plant | not available | 30.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Seed | 10800.0 | 150000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Seed Essent. Oil | 7000.0 | 130000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FENCHYL-ALCOHOL | 1 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| FENICULIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | not available | 0.5 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 144250.0 | 183338.0 | 0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 5000.0 | 50000.0 | -1.28 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 144250.0 | 183338.0 | 0.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Seed | not available | 172000.0 | 0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOENICULIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FOENICULOSIDE-I | 0 | Seed | not available | 11.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FOENICULOSIDE-II | 0 | Seed | not available | 4.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FOENICULOSIDE-III | 0 | Seed | not available | 10.8 | 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. |