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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
CAMPHENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHOR 41 Fruit 10.0 180.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Seed 10.0 180.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 522900.0 577680.0 -1.10 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 51000.0 519000.0 -0.99 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 61884.0 573000.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 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.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLINE 20 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 4.0 5.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.1 0.5 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 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.
CIS-ANETHOLE 1 Fruit 10.0 300.0 1.31 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE 1 Plant not available 50.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-ANETHOLE 1 Seed 10.0 300.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ANETHOLE 1 Seed Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CIS-MIYABENOL-C 0 Seed not available 7.3 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
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 *