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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHELLANDRENE | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | 6470.0 | 7098.0 | 1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 6470.0 | 7098.0 | -0.53 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 4449.0 | 5960.0 | 0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 510.0 | 5100.0 | 0.73 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 644.0 | 5960.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOTOANTHEOLE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOTOANTHEOLE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 660.0 | 700.0 | -0.46 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 14800.0 | 19400.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 3380.0 | 39700.0 | 1.25 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 1415.0 | 13100.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | 9000.0 | 9873.0 | 1.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 9000.0 | 9873.0 | -0.29 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 148735.0 | 200000.0 | 1.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 28000.0 | 280000.0 | 0.87 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 18684.0 | 173000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 3 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychoactive | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Renoirritant | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Respirainhibitor | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |