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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
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
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.