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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(25-R)-SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-3-METHYL-PYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-METHYLPYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-SEC-BUTYL-PYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-THIO-3-ISO-PROPYL-PYRAZINE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-XI-ETHYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
25(S)-TIGOGENIN	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
25-(S)-DIOSGENIN	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
25-ALPHA-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
25-BETA-SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3',4',7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-METHOXY-QUERCETIN	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4,7-TRIMETHYLCOUMARIN	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-PREGNA-5-16-DIEN-20-ONE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-O-(L-RHAMNOSYL)-(1-4)-(L-RHAMNOSYL)-(GLUCOSYL)-SPIROST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL	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
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dopaminergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Dye	2	Merck 11th Edition
Emetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Epidermal-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogen-Agonist	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic	3	Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.