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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
OSTHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-ANISALDEHYDE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available 12000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
P-ANISALDEHYDE 11 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
P-ANISIC-ACID 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit not available 93.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed 60.0 93.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 1000.0 10000.0 -0.55 Jim Duke's personal files.
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit 20.0 480.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil not available 30000.0 1.35 Jim Duke's personal files.
P-CYMENE 16 Seed 20.0 480.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 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.
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 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.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 4000.0 6000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 4000.0 6000.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Fruit 72000.0 168000.0 1.07 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 72000.0 729000.0 0.81 Duke, 1992 *
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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
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 *