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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
(25-R)-SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE 0 Seed *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-ETHYL-3-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-ETHYL-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-METHOXY-3-METHYLPYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-METHOXY-3-SEC-BUTYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-METHYL-THIO-3-ISO-PROPYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
24-XI-ETHYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
25(S)-TIGOGENIN 0 Seed *
25-(S)-DIOSGENIN 0 Seed *
25-ALPHA-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE 0 Seed *
25-BETA-SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE 0 Seed *
3',4',7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
3'-METHOXY-QUERCETIN 0 Leaf *
3,4,7-TRIMETHYLCOUMARIN 0 Stem *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-PREGNA-5-16-DIEN-20-ONE 0 Seed *
3-BETA-O-(L-RHAMNOSYL)-(1-4)-(L-RHAMNOSYL)-(GLUCOSYL)-SPIROST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Leptingenic 1 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
Lipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipolytic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic 3 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-Inhibitor 4 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Mastogenic 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic 2 *
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 2 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.