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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Antiarthritic 12 *
Antiasthmatic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiataxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic 2 *
Antiatherosclerotic 9 *
Antiautistic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 15 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 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibrucellosic 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.
Anticancer 8 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 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 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 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Liver) 1 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 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.