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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
THREONINE 4 Fruit 6020.0 6604.0 1.49 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 6020.0 6604.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIN 4 Fruit not available 11.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Seed 1.2 11.0 0.98 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 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.
TRANS-1,8-TERPIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-1,8-TERPIN 0 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.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Essential Oil not available 610800.0 0.71 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Flower Essent. Oil not available 412000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Fruit 3030.0 72980.0 0.78 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 218000.0 -1.70 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Plant not available 5550.0 -0.16 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Root Essent. Oil not available 16000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Seed 3030.0 77400.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Seed Essent. Oil 500000.0 865200.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Fruit 20.0 330.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Seed 20.0 330.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRIGONELLINE 15 Fruit not available not available not available 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
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 6 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.