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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OSTHENOL 0 Seed *
P-ANISALDEHYDE 11 Seed Essent. Oil 12000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
P-ANISALDEHYDE 11 Sprout Seedling Jim Duke's personal files.
P-ANISIC-ACID 0 Seed Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 93.0 -0.26 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed 60.0 93.0 -0.27 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 1000.0 10000.0 -0.55 Jim Duke's personal files.
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit 20.0 480.0 -0.52 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil 30000.0 1.35 Jim Duke's personal files.
P-CYMENE 16 Seed 20.0 480.0 -0.61 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Seed Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Seed Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 4000.0 6000.0 -0.27 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 4000.0 6000.0 -0.58 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit *
PECTIN 24 Seed *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Fruit 72000.0 168000.0 1.07 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 72000.0 729000.0 0.81 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Occuloirritant 1 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
P21-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 7 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
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