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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| L-LIMONENE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-LIMONENE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | 2000.0 | 324400.0 | 1.13 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 342000.0 | 0.67 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit | 200.0 | 9420.0 | 0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 578000.0 | 1.88 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | 1800.0 | 0.62 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed | 200.0 | 9420.0 | -0.09 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed Essent. Oil | 25000.0 | 131000.0 | -0.32 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 2050.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 60.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Plant | not available | 60.0 | -0.66 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed | 1.0 | 2050.0 | 2.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed Essent. Oil | 700.0 | 6300.0 | -0.53 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 14000.0 | 18539.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 14000.0 | 18539.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Expectorant | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 36 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 43 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Genotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |