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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 17604.0 | 163000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHOL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FENCHOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | 87000.0 | 1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Fruit | 10.0 | 24000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Plant | not available | 30.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Seed | 10800.0 | 150000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHONE | 6 | Seed Essent. Oil | 7000.0 | 130000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FENCHYL-ALCOHOL | 1 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| FENICULIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | not available | 0.5 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 144250.0 | 183338.0 | 0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 5000.0 | 50000.0 | -1.28 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 144250.0 | 183338.0 | 0.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Seed | not available | 172000.0 | 0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOENICULIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FOENICULOSIDE-I | 0 | Seed | not available | 11.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FOENICULOSIDE-II | 0 | Seed | not available | 4.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FOENICULOSIDE-III | 0 | Seed | not available | 10.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Secretogogue | 4 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Secretolytic | 3 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Sedative | 21 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Sequestrant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Serotoninergic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Sialogogue | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 7 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Stimulant | 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. |
| Sunscreen | 5 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sweetener | 4 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Sympathomimetic | 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. |
| Synergist | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Tachycardic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |