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
LIGNIN	13	Plant	not available	280000.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Oil	68000.0	449000.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	79000.0	178400.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	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.
LYSINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	15310.0	18525.0	0.87	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	157.0	1210.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	0.3	2.1	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	3120.0	3720.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	180000.0	500000.0	1.91	Duke, 1992 *
MUCIN	0	Seed	not available	280000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUUROLENE	0	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.
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEODIOSGENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOGITOGENIN	0	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.
NEOGITOGENIN	0	Seed	not available	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOTIGOGENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	8	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	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
Antiaggregant	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th