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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-DOCOSYL-ARACHIDATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-EICOSYL-ARACHIDATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEXACOSYL-ARACHIDATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTACOSYL-ARACHIDATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TETRACOSYL-ARACHIDATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| N-TRIACONTYL-ARACHIDATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 60.0 | 66.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | 7.0 | 65.0 | -0.16 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 7.0 | 66.0 | 0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-COUMARIC-ACID | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-COUMARIC-ACID | 4 | 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. |
| OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTAN-1-AL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 22000.0 | 108712.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 22000.0 | 108712.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OSTHENOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hyperthermic | 1 | HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45. |
| Hyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypertrichotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypnotic | 3 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 21 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 13 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypotriglyceridemic | 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. |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 10 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 11 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Immunosuppressant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |