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Plant Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Fennel
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLYCOLLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIJAVERIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 3310.0 3631.0 1.35 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 3310.0 3631.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IMPERATORIN 25 Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Seed 0.0 3.0 -1.31 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Seed not available 0.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Fruit 100.0 240.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant 27.0 270.0 -0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Seed 2.3 21.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 6950.0 7624.0 1.20 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 6950.0 7624.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Seed 0.0 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
JUGLANIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Perfumery 25 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 71 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photodermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).