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

Common Names
Fennel
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FAT 0 Seed 17604.0 163000.0 -0.54 *
FENCHOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
FENCHOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
FENCHONE 6 Essential Oil 87000.0 1.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
FENCHONE 6 Fruit 10.0 24000.0 1.00 *
FENCHONE 6 Plant 30.0 -0.47 *
FENCHONE 6 Seed 10800.0 150000.0 *
FENCHONE 6 Seed Essent. Oil 7000.0 130000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
FENCHYL-ALCOHOL 1 Seed Essent. Oil Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
FENICULIN 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed 0.5 -0.43 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 144250.0 183338.0 0.39 *
FIBER 15 Plant 5000.0 50000.0 -1.28 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Seed 144250.0 183338.0 0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Seed 172000.0 0.79 *
FOENICULIN 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
FOENICULOSIDE-I 0 Seed 11.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
FOENICULOSIDE-II 0 Seed 4.8 Jim Duke's personal files.
FOENICULOSIDE-III 0 Seed 10.8 Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Melaninogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Melatoninogenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Memorigenic 2 *
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 *
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 *
Molluscicide 5 *
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 *
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 *
Mutagenic? 1 *
Mycobactericide 3 *