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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fabaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Plant *
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Plant *
GENISTEIN 81 Seed 10.0 -0.30 *
GENTIANINE 24 Seed Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
GITOGENIN 1 Leaf *
GITOGENIN 1 Pericarp *
GITOGENIN 1 Plant *
GITOGENIN 1 Root *
GITOGENIN 1 Seed 100.0 130.0 *
GITOGENIN 1 Stem *
GITOGENIN 1 Tissue Culture 10.7 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 39880.0 43870.0 0.09 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 10630.0 14366.0 0.49 *
GRAECUNIN-A 0 Leaf *
GRAECUNIN-B 0 Leaf *
GRAECUNIN-B 0 Plant *
GRAECUNIN-C 0 Leaf *
GRAECUNIN-C 0 Plant *
GRAECUNIN-D 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) 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 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 11 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) 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 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 5 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Amebicide 2 (View) Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.