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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
(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
Antiarthritic 12 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 6 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiataxic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic 2 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 9 (View) *
Antiautistic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibackache 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 15 (View) Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Antiberiberi 1 (View) *
AntiBPH 1 (View) *
Antibradiquinic 1 (View) Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibrucellosic 1 (View) 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.
Anticancer 8 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 (View) 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.
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Liver) 1 (View) 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.
Anticancer (Lung) 2 (View) *
Anticancer (Prostate) 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticanker 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.