Plant Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Fennel

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ARGININE	14	Seed	6800.0	7460.0	-0.73	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	123600.0	11.02	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	340.0	3148.0	0.15	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	79600.0	93026.0	0.94	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	17000.0	170000.0	0.89	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH	0	Seed	9720.0	90000.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	18333.0	20111.0	1.31	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	18333.0	20111.0	-0.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AVICULARIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
BERGAPTEN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.0	1.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	21.0	241.0	0.58	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.1	0.9	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	200.0	-0.69	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-FENCHOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	1000.0	6000.0	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).