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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-FENCHOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | 1600.0 | -0.47 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Essential Oil | 1000.0 | 198000.0 | 3.24 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Fruit | 44.0 | 6600.0 | 2.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Plant | not available | 135.0 | -0.23 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Seed | 44.0 | 6600.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | 5800.0 | 56000.0 | -0.07 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Fruit | 200.0 | 8820.0 | 1.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Plant | not available | 480.0 | -0.14 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | -1.13 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Seed | 200.0 | 8820.0 | 0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Seed Essent. Oil | 4700.0 | 12000.0 | -0.66 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | 135.0 | -0.30 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.51 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Fruit | 1.0 | 6.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Seed | 1.0 | 6.0 | -0.50 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Melaninogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Melatoninogenic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Memorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metal-Chelator | 3 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metal-Chelator (Copper) | 1 | Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98. |
| Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Miotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Mitogenic | 1 | Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990. |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Molluscicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mosquitofuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Motor-Depressant | 5 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Musculotropic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Mutagenic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mutagenic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |