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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | 6.0 | 56.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Essential Oil | not available | 692000.0 | 0.82 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Seed | 64800.0 | 800000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 680000.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | 8200.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Fruit | 1.0 | 1080.0 | 1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Seed | 1.0 | 1080.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISIC-ACID | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ANISIC-KETONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISIC-KETONE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ANISKETONE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIOLE | 20 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOLE | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Fruit | 6800.0 | 7460.0 | 0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Uricosuric | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 2 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotonic | 2 | Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 1 | Wealth of India. |