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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.
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
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Fruit 40.0 600.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Seed 40.0 600.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRAL 53 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 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.
CITRONELLAL 20 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil not available 2800.0 -0.77 Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT 2 Fruit 1.0 31.0 3.22 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.3 3.1 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
COLUMBIANETIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COLUMBIANETIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 8.0 24.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 8.0 24.0 0.83 Duke, 1992 *
CYNARIN 23 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYNAROSIDE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 2220.0 2435.0 1.46 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 2220.0 2435.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
D-LIMONENE 19 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DI-P-METHOXYSTILBENE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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
Antidysmenorrheic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 8 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.