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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | 6.0 | 56.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Essential Oil | not available | 692000.0 | 0.82 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Seed | 64800.0 | 800000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 680000.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | 8200.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Fruit | 1.0 | 1080.0 | 1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Seed | 1.0 | 1080.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISIC-ACID | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ANISIC-KETONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISIC-KETONE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ANISKETONE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIOLE | 20 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOLE | 20 | 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. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Fruit | 6800.0 | 7460.0 | 0.84 | 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. |