Plant Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Fenugreek; Greek Clover; Greek Hay; Bockshornklee (Ger.); Alholva (Sp.)

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
3-HYDROXY-4,5-DIMETHYL-2-FURANONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE	0	Seed	180.0	7400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE-LACTONE	0	Seed	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-7-ACETOXYCOUMARIN	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-DELTA-CAPROLACTONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
7-ACETOXY-4-METHYLCOUMARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	8720.0	11220.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Seed	130.0	3000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	46.0	350.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ARABINOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	22230.0	27115.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	520.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	78.0	600.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	11	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide	2	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.