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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYCOLLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIJAVERIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Fruit | 3310.0 | 3631.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 3310.0 | 3631.0 | -0.66 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Fruit | 0.0 | 3.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Seed | 0.0 | 3.0 | -1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.28 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 100.0 | 240.0 | 0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 27.0 | 270.0 | -0.42 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 2.3 | 21.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Fruit | 6950.0 | 7624.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 6950.0 | 7624.0 | -0.37 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOPIMPINELLIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPIMPINELLIN | 15 | Seed | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JUGLANIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifatigue | 8 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrositic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglycosation | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |