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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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  2. Foeniculum vulgare

Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Fennel
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLYCOLLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
GUAIJAVERIN 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 3310.0 3631.0 1.35 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 3310.0 3631.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IMPERATORIN 25 Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.80 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Seed 0.0 3.0 -1.31 *
IODINE 12 Fruit 0.0 -0.29 *
IODINE 12 Seed 0.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Fruit 100.0 240.0 0.42 *
IRON 6 Plant 27.0 270.0 -0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Seed 2.3 21.0 -0.60 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 6950.0 7624.0 1.20 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 6950.0 7624.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -1.00 *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Seed 0.0 1.0 -1.00 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Seed *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
JUGLANIN 1 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hallucinogenic 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.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 4 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 3 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 18 *
Hepatoregenerative 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatotonic 3 *
Hepatotoxic 6 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 15 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.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 2 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperemic 1 *
Hyperglycemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.