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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
WATER 0 Seed not available 870000.0 2.47 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Leaf not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YAMOGENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YAMOGENIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YAMOGENIN 0 Seed not available 3100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
YAMOGENIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YAMOGENIN-3,26-BIGLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
YAMOGENIN-TETROSIDES 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
YUCCAGENIN 0 Seed not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 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
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 7 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimeningitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetaplastic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimetastatic 6 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimicrobial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimitogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
AntiMorning-Sickness 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antimorphinistic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiMSG-Sensitivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimutagenic 12 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.