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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRIGONELLINE | 15 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Fruit | 2530.0 | 2775.0 | 2.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 2530.0 | 2775.0 | -0.19 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Fruit | 4100.0 | 4498.0 | 0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 4100.0 | 4498.0 | -0.75 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Seed | 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. |
| UREASE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| UREASE | 0 | Root | 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. |
| UREASE | 0 | Stem | 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. |
| VALINE | 3 | Fruit | 9150.0 | 10037.0 | 1.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 9150.0 | 10037.0 | -0.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Seed | not available | 0.5 | -1.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN | 28 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN | 28 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 80670.0 | 104796.0 | -2.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Plant | 842000.0 | 900000.0 | 0.55 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | not available | 892000.0 | 2.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |