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Common Names
Fenugreek; Greek Clover; Greek Hay; Bockshornklee (Ger.); Alholva (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 5070.0 | 39000.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 23220.0 | 29790.0 | 0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | 26400.0 | 1.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 23.0 | 278.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MANNANAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | 800.0 | 1000.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Tissue Culture | 8.7 | 400.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | not available | 12900.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 95.0 | 730.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | 180.0 | -0.25 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Tissue Culture | not available | 10.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 76830.0 | 591000.0 | 0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARPAINE | 17 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| CATECHOLS | 0 | Fruit | 2600.0 | 4900.0 | not available | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarthritic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiataxic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |