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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIANETHOLE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIANETHOLE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DILLAPIOL | 6 | Root Essent. Oil | 873000.0 | 900000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DILLAPIOL | 6 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIPENTENE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIPENTENE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 10000.0 | 80000.0 | 0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | 10000.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | 5000.0 | 7000.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Seed | 2160.0 | 60000.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Essential Oil | 27000.0 | 56000.0 | -1.62 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Fruit | not available | 64000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Seed | not available | 64000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Seed Essent. Oil | 30000.0 | 344000.0 | 0.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 120000.0 | 280000.0 | 1.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 4000.0 | 46000.0 | -0.08 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cerebroprotective | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Cerebrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cerebrotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholagogue | 6 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Choleretic | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholesterolytic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholinergic | 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. |
| Cicatrizant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Circulatory-Stimulant | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Circulotonic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Clastogenic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CNS-Active | 3 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| CNS-Depressant | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CNS-Stimulant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Co-carcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagen-Sparing | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |