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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 7.3 | 56.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 10710.0 | 13650.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOORIENTIN | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOORIENTIN-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVITEXIN | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JAMOGENIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-7-DIGLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 2570.0 | 3400.0 | -1.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-ARGININE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| L-HISTIDINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| LECITHIN | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 16160.0 | 19327.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Miotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Musculotropic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Mutagenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myocontractant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Myotonic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |