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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| L-LIMONENE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-LIMONENE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | 2000.0 | 324400.0 | 1.13 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 342000.0 | 0.67 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit | 200.0 | 9420.0 | 0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 578000.0 | 1.88 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | 1800.0 | 0.62 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed | 200.0 | 9420.0 | -0.09 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed Essent. Oil | 25000.0 | 131000.0 | -0.32 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 2050.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 60.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Plant | not available | 60.0 | -0.66 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed | 1.0 | 2050.0 | 2.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed Essent. Oil | 700.0 | 6300.0 | -0.53 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 14000.0 | 18539.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 14000.0 | 18539.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 7 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osmoregulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Oxytocic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Parasympathomimetic | 2 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfume | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |