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
GALACTOMANNAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOMANNAN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Seed	not available	10.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANINE	24	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN	1	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN	1	Seed	100.0	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN	1	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN	1	Tissue Culture	not available	10.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	39880.0	43870.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	10630.0	14366.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-C	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-D	0	Leaf	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
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.