Plant Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LIGNIN	13	Plant	not available	280000.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Oil	68000.0	449000.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	79000.0	178400.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	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.
LYSINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	15310.0	18525.0	0.87	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	157.0	1210.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	0.3	2.1	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	3120.0	3720.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	180000.0	500000.0	1.91	Duke, 1992 *
MUCIN	0	Seed	not available	280000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUUROLENE	0	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.
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEODIOSGENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOGITOGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
NEOGITOGENIN	0	Seed	not available	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOTIGOGENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.