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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Fruit | 10.0 | 180.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Seed | 10.0 | 180.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 522900.0 | 577680.0 | -1.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 51000.0 | 519000.0 | -0.99 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 61884.0 | 573000.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | 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. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | 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. |
| CIS-ANETHOLE | 1 | Fruit | 10.0 | 300.0 | 1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ANETHOLE | 1 | Plant | not available | 50.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-ANETHOLE | 1 | Seed | 10.0 | 300.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ANETHOLE | 1 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CIS-MIYABENOL-C | 0 | Seed | not available | 7.3 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticlastogen | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlimacteric | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoagulant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticomplementary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticorneotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticoronary | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCVI | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |