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Plant 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
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 7.1 33.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 0.1 0.7 -1.26 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 48 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 11 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 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.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.