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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
3-HYDROXY-4,5-DIMETHYL-2-FURANONE 0 Seed *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE 0 Seed 180.0 7400.0 *
4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE-LACTONE 0 Seed 40.0 *
4-METHYL-7-ACETOXYCOUMARIN 0 Stem *
5-METHYL-DELTA-CAPROLACTONE 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
7-ACETOXY-4-METHYLCOUMARIN 0 Plant *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Seed 8720.0 11220.0 0.23 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 130.0 3000.0 -0.66 *
ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE 0 Plant *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 46.0 350.0 0.22 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ARABINOSE 0 Seed *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Leaf *
ARGININE 14 Seed 22230.0 27115.0 0.10 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 520.0 -0.40 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 78.0 600.0 0.02 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunostimulant 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 4 *
Inotropic 3 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Insulinotonic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvistat 4 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.
Laxative 6 *