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Plant Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Fennel
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FOENICULOSIDE-IV 0 Seed not available 2.6 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Seed not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 4000.0 20000.0 -0.55 Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit 1.0 342.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant not available 135.0 -0.48 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed 1.0 342.0 -0.77 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil 8600.0 20000.0 -0.74 Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-TOCOTRIENOL 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOTRIENOL 1 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GAMMA-TOCOTRIENOL 1 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Seed not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
GERANIOL 35 Essential Oil not available 800.0 -0.67 Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 29560.0 32427.0 1.49 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 29560.0 32427.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 11070.0 12144.0 3.30 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 11070.0 12144.0 0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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.