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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHELLANDRENE | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | 6470.0 | 7098.0 | 1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 6470.0 | 7098.0 | -0.53 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 4449.0 | 5960.0 | 0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 510.0 | 5100.0 | 0.73 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 644.0 | 5960.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOTOANTHEOLE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOTOANTHEOLE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 660.0 | 700.0 | -0.46 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 14800.0 | 19400.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 3380.0 | 39700.0 | 1.25 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 1415.0 | 13100.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | 9000.0 | 9873.0 | 1.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 9000.0 | 9873.0 | -0.29 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 148735.0 | 200000.0 | 1.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 28000.0 | 280000.0 | 0.87 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 18684.0 | 173000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cytotoxic (Colon) | 2 | Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219. |
| Cytotoxic (Lung) | 2 | Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219. |
| Decongestant | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Demulcent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dentifrice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Deodorant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Digestive | 1 | Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp. |
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 17 | Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp. |