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
DIOSCIN	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Plant	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Root	not available	6200.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Seed	900.0	19000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Tissue Culture	not available	18.2	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMENE	3	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.
ENDO-BETA-MANNANASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Seed	not available	100.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
EPISARSASAPOGENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPISMILAGENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	8320.0	64000.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
FENUGREEK-INHIBITOR-TFI-A-8	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FENUGREEK-INHIBITOR-TFI-B-2	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FENUGREEK-INHIBITOR-TFN-N-2	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FENUGREEKINE	10	Plant	98.0	267.0	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
FENUGREEKINE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Neuroinhibitor	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	3	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Osmoregulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant	2	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P21-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *